Clip Replay: Are Tableau Certifications a Vendor side hustle ? - 2023 in Review

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0:02Let's talk about Tableau certifications

0:04very, very quickly.

0:05Tableau certifications.

0:08Basically, my thing with this is that I

0:13think there's something going on

0:16with analytics companies having cert

0:19ifications, creating requirements,

0:22and essentially creating what I would call

0:24a side hustle out of its customers,

0:28because those customers want to see people

0:30that are accredited and validated.

0:33Some of the charges and costs to do some of

0:36these exams are quite steep.

0:38Now, thankfully, normally it's your

0:41organization

0:41that's sometimes paying for this.

0:43Sometimes it's, if you work for a

0:45consultancy,

0:45it's your consultancy paying for it.

0:47But this all goes back to the analytics

0:50vendor, Tableau,

0:52to make these now. A comparator is Alteryx.

0:55Alteryx, I think the first two exams are

0:57free.

0:57So the equivalent of the specialist exam is

1:00free.

1:00That means everyone can get certified and

1:02prove

1:02that they know what they're doing very

1:04easily

1:05and just get the certification done.

1:07And that's actually quite an important

1:08thing

1:08because it allows people to dip their toes

1:11in know enough,

1:12but also have something to show for that

1:14energy and effort.

1:15Now, with the certifications,

1:18I haven't renewed any of my certifications

1:20recently at all.

1:21I once had every certification under the

1:23sun.

1:24They've changed them as well.

1:25I've even helped work behind the scenes

1:28to improve some of these certifications as

1:30well.

1:30So I'm not saying that they're a bad thing.

1:32I've just gotten bored of recertifying

1:35every single year.

1:36And it's just, unless I actually have to,

1:40I'll just sort of try not to, if I'm honest

1:44.

1:44This is getting a little bit boring.

1:46And the platform is about to change a whole

1:48ton.

1:49So the other thing I'm worried about is

1:50doing the certification

1:51and then having things like Tableau Pulse

1:53and all this AI features come in.

1:56And then next year, there's two more cert

1:57ifications.

1:58I just want this all to settle so then I

2:00can go and do it properly.

2:01So it's kind of interesting.

2:03There is one that's not on here on Coursera

2:06.

2:06So there is a Tableau certification on Cour

2:08sera, the platform itself.

2:09That's a super interesting thing.

2:12Let's just, everything's super interesting,

2:14according to my phraseology.

2:16So Tableau Business Intelligence Analyst

2:18Professional Certificate.

2:20Here we go. I've searched it before.

2:21So this is it. This is the Coursera course.

2:248,000 have already enrolled. It starts in

2:27December the 20th.

2:28It starts today. Oh, my word. Enroll for

2:32free.

2:32Included with Coursera Plus.

2:36How many eight months at 10 hours a week?

2:38Oh, that's a hefty toll, isn't it?

2:40That feels like it compared to my YouTube

2:42channel.

2:42I better check it out.

2:44But no, stuff like this is super

2:47interesting.

2:48I would be intrigued to see what the body

2:50of content in here is like.

2:52Oh, actually, you do get it. So eight

2:54course series,

2:55Introduction to Business Intelligence,

2:56Business Analysis, Data Ecosystem,

2:59Introduction to Tableau, Data Visualization

3:02,

3:02Advanced Data Visualization, Data Analysis.

3:04So, yeah, the first three courses are kind

3:07of generic.

3:08I think they might already include content

3:11made elsewhere.

3:12I'm not sure if this has all been made by

3:14Tableau.

3:15Instructor is Tableau. Yeah, Tableau

3:18Learning Partner Instructor.

3:20Tableau Learning Partner. What does that

3:22mean?

3:22That's a really interesting phraseology,

3:25isn't it?

3:25So these are all the courses.

3:28Do we get… If you've done this, let me

3:32know.

3:33I'd love to know someone who started this.

3:35I'd love to know what the content is. Maybe

3:37I should do it.

3:38I've had some dealings with Coursera

3:40which relates to their Google Analytics

3:41course.

3:43I'll come to that later. But, yeah, we'll

3:46move on from certifications.

3:47I'm just finding certifications a little

3:49bit tricky at the moment.

3:50So maybe I'll just sort of buckle up and do

3:52them properly.

3:53Okay. Thank you.

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