Hey everyone,
I’m currently building my data analyst portfolio and wanted some honest feedback from people already in the field.
Right now I’m thinking of focusing on these 3 main projects:
- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) project
- insights, trends, statistics, dashboard, storytelling
- Full stack data analytics project
- SQL + Excel/Python + Power BI/Tableau together in one workflow
- cleaning raw data, transforming it, creating KPIs and dashboards
- Funnel analysis project
- user journey analysis, drop-offs, conversion tracking, SQL/business insights
The reason I’m considering these is because they seem closer to real-world business problems instead of random beginner tutorials.
Apart from this, I’ve also done some smaller/different projects like:
- a Streamlit cryptocurrency app
- Power BI linked analysis projects
- smaller datasets like car revenue analysis
My question is:
Would these 3 bigger projects be strong enough for a portfolio/resume for data analyst roles and freelancing platforms like Upwork?
Or should I add something else to stand out more?
If yes, what kind of projects or datasets would you recommend?
Something more business-focused? Finance? Marketing? Operations? Real-time dashboards?
Would really appreciate suggestions from people already working in analytics/data.
Thanks!
