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Life & fun · July 28, 2026

D8A Academy

I have been working as a freelance data analyst for 9 years now, and everything is going well for me. Two years ago, I created a Discord community for data analysts and we are now 700+ members. Talking with the community made me realized how lucky I was to have a job and proper experience in data analysis because, god, it is hard right now to find a first job. So I decided to spend my free time building D8A academy. It's a roadmap of projects, which is what most people in the Discord were asking for. It helps you focus on what you really need to learn to do the day-to-day job, and helps you…

D8A Academy launched on July 28, 2026 with 6 votes, #3,356 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Choose a data career path, complete real guided projects, and watch your portfolio fill automatically. Each project is validated and added to your live portfolio. Certificates say you watched a course. A portfolio proves you can do the work. Recruiters can tell the difference

Guided projects on real data. A portfolio that builds itself as you finish them. Job offers matched to what you can prove. Learn data. Build your portfolio. Find a job.

In the maker’s words, at launch

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