 what's going on everybody welcome back to another video as you can tell from the title of this video we have a lot to talk about so let's get into it. Now first I just want to say I am starting to feel better thank you guys so much for reaching out and for sending me messages I literally had hundreds of people reach out to me and you know just hope that I was getting better and it was very very kind of you um I am still recovering so you know it's kind of hard to take like deep breaths a little bit um it's not bad it was much worse a couple days ago or you know four or five days ago um but it's much better so um this is mostly going to be just me talking I don't plan on doing a lot of cuts I have a lot to talk about that's gone on in the past couple months um that's kind of been going on in the background that nobody has really known about um as well as some things that have taken place in the past two weeks and I haven't posted any videos because I just had a lot on my plate and then I got sick and so a lot a lot to discuss today um I don't think that this will run too long I'm going to try to keep it under 30 minutes um but there's a lot to discuss um and so I don't really know where to start I'm just going to start so I've been working remote for about a year and a half and you know we got the word that we were going to be going back into the office at the end of year in September so about a month ago maybe a month and a half ago I kind of started talking to some of my friends you know or you guys going back to the office what do you think about that and somebody I used to work with said you know this is a really good time to start looking for another job if you are wanting to do that he uh sent me some jobs where he currently works um and asked me if I wanted to come work for him and um you know I applied just kind of to see if that was something I was interested in uh it was in the financial banking and just wasn't for me they didn't want me because I don't have that background and so it wasn't a big deal but it got me really got me thinking to be honest so I kind of just started putting my feelers out there started reaching out to some of my contacts um and reaching out to a few recruiters that I knew and I was getting a ton a ton of um feedback there are a lot of jobs available um a lot of senior level jobs that I was looking at that I was genuinely interested in and so um you know I really was targeting specific companies though I was I was not kind of applying everywhere um I was being extremely selective because again I I love my job now and I didn't really need to leave or see myself leaving but if something really good came up that I couldn't pass up you know that would be kind of my sign that this was uh the way I wanted to go so I started I started putting my feelers out there um one company in particular um I may put this in the title or not I'm not sure was PwC um if you don't know who PwC is um PricewaterhouseCoopers is a very large um consulting company and they're one of the best and you know I I know people who work there I during this process was chatting with a few people who who do currently work there and you know I was being um I was being interviewed for a senior data analyst in pharmaceuticals and you know they're offering really good comps they you know the salary was going to be probably low 100s um I think I'll probably go much more in depth into that whole process the interview process what questions I was asked um everything in a separate video um but that's that's what I've been going through um it's been a long process because they just take their time it's it's like months in the making um but I've got to the final uh the final piece and um so I you know I have lots to discuss after this but yeah I'll focus on this for now um that you know they basically said hey you know we found that you have this YouTube channel you know could you tell us more about this um you know what what does it entail and I was like well you know it's a it's a YouTube channel it um is mostly about data analytics teaching people and talking about how to become a data analyst I was like that's what it is and my recruiter at the time was like interesting okay this might you know we're not sure how we feel about that that might be a conflict of interest she's like is that something that you'd be willing to give up and I said no I was like there is no way I will be giving that up I was like you know if that's a conflict I was like I'm out I don't I didn't say this but I was like I don't need this job I was like it'd be really great but I have a really good job already I I'm I'm set I don't need this um so I just straight up I was like no absolutely not not something I'm willing to give up she was like okay okay um and so you know they and they ended up giving me an offer um and I turned them down I had already found or accepted a job that I wanted um and that's what I'm gonna get to in a little bit um I'm sure that's what I'm gonna title this I you know I I'm kind of in a fog right now but I I'm gonna title this something um about me not being a data analyst anymore and that's kind of what we I'm sure you guys came here to watch and find out um so I found this job internally uh the company that I currently work for it was for um a position that I felt was a little bit outside my reach but something I think I absolutely could do well and that I was kind of striving for in the next year or two in my career anyways um and so I just applied right I I feel like I had a lot of the qualifications that they were looking for anyways but I just didn't have the experience level that they were probably looking for um but I just applied the um the title of this video and I'm keep going back to that the title is really I'm not a data analyst anymore it's because I'm not I I accepted an internal position um as a manager um so I'm gonna be an analytics manager uh in in two weeks my official title is going to be manager of operational analytics and intelligence it's on the IT side instead of um the I guess health care side that I have been working on so different data um a lot of things that I need to learn a totally different skill set that I'll be utilizing um but something that was really really interesting uh that came out of this whole process um and I did not see this coming was you know I was going through this process of interviewing and they really liked me and I really liked the position I felt like it was a really good fit um I was surprised that they even gave me an interview um but when I had that first interview I was like man this is a really good fit I you know I love me pursue this when they finally offer me the position I go back to my boss and I said hey listen you know they offer me this job it's too good of an opportunity I can't turn it down you know I was like I'm gonna be accepting this position I'm gonna start in about two weeks um but you know my my new boss is gonna be reaching out to you to kind of set that up coordinate that so that we have you know a few weeks to do some knowledge transfers so that I can hand off all my projects everything that I know is that you guys are set and ready to go when I leave um and my boss you know is like okay well you know let me let me run that up the ladder see what you know see what happens so you know my boss calls me back within like an hour or two and is like hey I got in contact with my boss we don't want to let you go you know what can we do to make you stay um and you know is she are you open to hearing offers and you know I've I've worked with her for a few years now I you know I absolutely owe her that uh been a fantastic boss been just a really good work environment and culture so I can't I of course I'm not gonna say no you know if they come up even back with something even better um that'd be fantastic now in general when I hear stories like exactly what I'm going through I almost always say don't accept the offer right you don't accept what they come back to because if they valued you already they would have already offered you that position right that just makes sense um but I feel like I was in a bit of a different position because you know I I'm I'm loyal I'm a very loyal person I don't want to jump ship if I don't have to so if something really genuinely came along that I was really excited for you know I may have been willing um to to to stay um and so you know they come back to me um a couple days later trying to match the compensation trying to match um the bonus and and the the title um and they offer me basically a product owner position it in for our department for our group that is management position you know you'll have people underneath you analysts or whoever you need in order to get your job done so it would be management um you know but I had already for the past five days thought you know I'm I'm going and then I get offered this and I got to be honest you know I was just crazy excited about this new position I you know I think that there's going to be a team of four underneath or that I'll be working with I don't say underneath because you know I I don't that's not that's not how I view a team you know people that I'll be leading um on this team and so you know I'd already in my head gotten really excited about this um and you know when they offered it to me it just wasn't what I was hoping for um and that's not to say like I don't appreciate it or anything because I really do like I felt I felt torn because I am super loyal I'm a very loyal person but at the same time this opportunity was just too good to pass up um and so you know I really did think about it I really did consider it and I eventually had to tell them no you know I am going to be taking the other position and from anybody out there who gets in that in that spot um I do normally almost always recommend taking the other position right I think that that sound advice of the way if they wanted to do that they would have done it sooner is pretty sound advice although I do believe that they saw my potential and I had talked to them about wanting to be management wanting to promote and have people underneath me again I'm not maybe not underneath me just just people that I was leading um I think they really did want to make that happen and they said they had been talking about that even before I told them and I believe them um it was just you know I had things had gone into place that couldn't really be undone at that point so uh you know I've accepted this position I start in um I guess let me see let me see the day that I'm recording um when I post this it will be next Monday on the 16th August 16th is when I start um and you know I am no longer going to be a data analyst right and it feels really weird I didn't see it happening this quick this was definitely my trajectory that I wanted to go though um I wanted to get into management I love I feel like I work really well with people I like to lead I feel like I've had a lot of good leaders in the past that have really helped me in my career and I've always wanted to do that so you know my mindset going in is just to be the best leader that I can be um and the best person to manage and help people you know do their work as efficiently as possible I feel like you know I have done that I've had people to help me do that and I feel like I'm in a really good place to make that happen so I am extremely extremely excited I may not seem like it on camera right now because I feel um I'm like 70% right now I don't feel I'm not 100% always I'd be like super excited about this um so you know it's a big change it's a big change it's a different team it's a different department I'm on the fourth floor now and so the second floor in my building um you know it's a different it's a new data it's completely different data it's a new database system that I never used ever be working with um I'm gonna go a lot more in depth into what I actually do what what I'm going to be doing in the next three six nine months a year year and a half um I'm gonna make another video for the pwc stuff I have lots of videos that have come out for the past couple months I just they've been brewing but they haven't come to fruition and now they're finally here um and so you know there's there's a lot of content to unpack here um in terms of interviewing um going into management and what that's gonna look like um I will be doing lots of videos on this stuff so if this stuff interests you if if getting into management is where you want to go eventually I will be doing more content on that um as I you know dive into that world um of course I'm gonna share that with you guys I want to give you a career path to be able to aspire to I want to give you insights into that career path so that if that's what you want to do you can start prepping for it and and knowing how to get there um and so that's all I have for today um again I'm trying to keep it short there was just a lot um I everything I told you is really high level I didn't go into salary I didn't go into bonuses or total compensation or um you know the questions that I was getting asked in these interviews how I answered them all of those things I'm gonna make separate videos for that I can go more in depth this one is more of hey I promised you I was gonna make a video I'm still exhausted I don't have the bandwidth or or brain power right now to make a really high quality video um but I wanted to kind of update you where I'm at there are some other big things um going on in the background in my life as well that I will be updating you probably within the next month um just some really big stuff that I'm really excited to share with you guys um mostly personal some career um and so I just appreciate all of you guys I mean when I told you guys I was sick and not feeling great I mean I just felt um an immense amount of support and that meant so much to me you know I have my support system here with my family um but you guys are like you guys are a community um to me and I know so many of you guys really well um and so you guys it really really really meant a lot and I'm starting to feel better I'm starting to catch my breath again um I have no idea what I had I feel like it was COVID 2.0 I feel like absolute garbage for probably five days straight six days straight um and everything on the on the on my test came back negative I mean every single thing so um maybe some new variant we'll we'll we'll see I'm just kidding but all that to say is I appreciate you guys I will be back and running next week like the content's gonna start coming back I promise um and I will try my best not to let it slide um my health is on the up and up that's what matters so you guys are fantastic I appreciate you guys I appreciate your time I'm not gonna drag this out any longer um continue to to check in on me about my health I hope I continue to get better um that's all I got so I hope this was interesting lots of lots of lots of updates um and I don't know what else to say um more stuff to come I promise thank you guys have a good one and I will see you in the next video goodbye