Let me start this off by admitting I don\'t think this is devops related
but it could be.
ANYWAY tracking\...What do I mean? What am I tracking? Why is this a
thing?
### What is tracking? {#whatistracking}
Tracking - the collection of user data. User data can be almost anything
you want it to be. Some common things people track are location of
users, how many people make it through your checkout, how many people
create accounts, number of logins, which screens are most popular, or
average time spent on your site/in your app. There are a bunch of things
you could track but you need to know the why so there isn\'t a bunch of
data piling up (a story for a different day).
### How did I get here? {#howdidigethere}
How did I jump down this rabbit hole as a mobile dev? Well I kept
dropping hints on twitter for a Google Analytics person and nobody
seemed to have the skills so I just learned them myself. Now I\'m not
saying I\'m a boss with it but I took some courses and can now set up my
tracking to get more useful data instead of just all of it.
### Why do I need to learn tracking? {#whydoineedtolearntracking}
Tracking is important for me at work and with personal apps. If you can
show a pattern it\'s easier to predict what your next move should be.
When it comes to mobile, tracking allows you to see what parts of your
app people really like and what parts of the app are causing issues.
Most apps now are all talking about using Google Tag Manager and it
makes sense. Adding tags to certain actions on a page vs seeing a
general stat that the page has been visited give you better insight to
argue that you don\'t need 3 different buttons on the page. 🙃
### How do you learn this stuff? {#howdoyoulearnthisstuff}
To get started I\'d focus on 3 main courses. After completing these
courses go find someone into data analytics or shoot your shot and offer
your services? (sorry this is where my knowledge runs out)
- [Facebook Pixel](https://blog.hootsuite.com/facebook-pixel/)
- [Google Analytics for
Begineers](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/course/6)
- [Google Tags
Manager](https://analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/course/5)
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