What's the best certificate for data analysts? Google vs IBM Data Analyst Certificate

In this video I do an in depth comparison between the Google vs IBM data analyst certificate. I do an overview of both certificates and then go through the similarities, differences, my recommendation, and finally how to choose what's best for you.

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00:00 Intro
00:53 Google data analytics certificate overview
02:21 IBM data analyst certificate overview
03:02 Similarities
03:50 Differences - Career development
03:40 Differences - Tech stack
06:38 Differences - Teaching style
08:27 Differences - Language
08:42 Differences - Projects esp. capstone project
10:19 My recommendation & why
12:42 Why choose google
13:03 Why choose IBM

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[TinaHuang]

Which one is your pick? Google or IBM data analytics certificate?

[deepprakash]

Whenever I see this lady, Suddenly I remember all my goals in life. LOL

[tantrismx]

. The Best Choice?
STUDY BOTH OF THEM:
1st - the more structured IBM.
2nd - the more open Google one.
The best of both worlds make you an outstanding candidate as you show more skills and better attitude than anybody else.
Enjoy your new career!

[LukeBarousse]

OMG, my first time getting a shoutout from another YouTuber (and you pronounced my name correctly)!!! This is so awesome and made my day! I really enjoyed the video and how you took a different perspective to look at the two certificates. I also like how you provided a more in-depth perspective on the IBM cert and for those considering this option to not discredit it completely. Awesome work Tina, keep up the content!

[haimianxiaoxiao]

I selected IBM and have finished 7 courses (2 courses still studying). I chose IBM coz I think Excel is still important in many ordinary data analytics jobs. Besides, Python is so popular. So far still happy with IBM:)

[aligh]

Great video! I hope your channel gets big!
On the R vs Python debate: I personally prefer R for tidyverse/wrangling and stats, but Python for web-app interactions NLP, and computer vision. It's funny how our field has this ongoing debate.

[PioneerBlue]

Thanks for the informative video Tina. I'll go with the Google one, but I really wish they used Python instead of R. I've used R briefly, and it's good. However Python is just so much more versatile and common in the industry that I find it odd that Google opted for R. Other than that, the Google certification seems to check off all the boxes.

[parkerlumkes]

I am already a data analyst who uses Python regularly planning on going with Google. I have a few reasons. The biggest is I already know a lot of Python and good R resources are nowhere near as robust as Python, so getting R from Google sounds like a good idea. Second, Google's tools are more cloud-focused. Even if the tools are almost identical to, say, desktop applications, I think being conversant in tech that is based in the cloud is more relevant to today's (and tomorrow's) world. Third, name recognition--and I don't mean Google. BigQuery and Tableau, in my experience, are listed more frequently than their counterparts in the IBM class on job applications. If you pay the same for both classes, at the end of the day, your resume is going to have overlap with more job postings in this field if you have Google's tech stack over IBM's.

[jckl]

Thanks for you review! I decided to do the Google certification and complement it with a Data Analyst with Python career track in Data Camp.

[A_K]

Just finished Google's first week of the course. So far pretty happy with my choice. I already have other Google certificates so I think it will look better on my CV

[drewselby]

I just started the Google certificate yesterday! So far, I've spent about 2.5 hours in it and completed the Week 1 which is basically all intro. I do find it really interesting and I enjoy this style of learning. I really appreciate your video (and Luke's which I also watched) because it helps me know I made a good decision!

[alysevre]

Good analysis. I am working my way through the Google certificate because (ironically, even though Google offers more career development options) my goal isn't to become a data analyst. I'm just trying to fill in some holes in my knowledge/skill set so that I can do better at my current job, and my current company uses Tableau and BigQuery as the main tools in its data ecosystem. And, in a less directly job-related detail, I already know some basics of Python, but I've never worked with R, so I'm curious about it.

[donnelly]

Very informative and right to the point! I'm currently on course 3 on the Google certificate program and plan to finish by mid summer! I am hoping that between my master's in exercise science, Udacity Data Analyst Nanodegree, Certification in Oracle Database 12c SQL and by completing the Google Data Analyst certificate I am hoping that I will be able to find a job that pays more than minimum wage.

[MrJayspeaks]

Good stuff! I completed the Google UX Certificate . Google actually contacted me for a UX Writing position but after completing the first round of interviews they say I'm on "hold" until they hire more hiring managers. This has gone on for 3 months.

[moizrashid]

Thanks Tina. I breezed through the first 3 courses in this certificate and felt super confident I could nail this in a couple of months time. I must admit it got super hard from course 4 - Python for Data Science, AI & Development. The learning curve is exponential. Each of those 7-15 min videos took me 4-5 hours to complete with contact pauses-plays. The Python in this course is definitely not for beginners. I completed the 4th course just for the sake of it but I don't believe I have mastered any of the skills. Maybe I'm not cut out for this program and should start from ground zero like CompTia ITF+ or Google IT Support or Google Data Analytics. But data analysis/science is something I would wish to pursue

[MahtabAlam-ufdb]

Great video, Tina, I think I'd go for the IBM one, I prefer the no-nonsense teaching style and also for Python. After all, we can always learn R (it's easier than Python) and do the Google's capstone at the end.

[leeclare]

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[AlexandruAvramRusu]

Just finished the Google Data Analytics program. Was worth it for a beginner level, learned a lot, though until I started learning about Tableau I can't say I felt I was learning anyhing new. By the time I finished the Capstone project, everything was in place.

[MaryEStewart]

IBM didn't "go ham on it!" I want to sync a lot of Google products so I'll be doing Google's program but your video was very detailed. Thanks. Also gonna go college style and take the project mgt and Data Analytics at the same time.

[shivasuresh]

Thanks Tina. I'm on the 5th course in the Google data analyst certificate. I believe it is 7 courses total plus a capstone project. The cool thing is they teach you about best practices in the data analysis process as well delving into SQL, Tableau, and R. I believe course 7 goes into R so I will see how it goes since I've never used R having mostly learned Python.