Escaping Work
When I first started my career, the idea was still pretty solidly that you work for some big company and get promoted to make more money and have a more comfort...
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Goals are Bullshit
Your whole life you've been told to set goals and try to achieve them. The old tropes come to mind Reach for the stars and land on the moon or one I believed in...
Is Microsoft BI Any Good?
I guess you’ve heard the news already. That Microsoft happened to top the Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI in 2019. Not surprising at all, I must say. If you’ve be...
Tableau Certification Worth It?
By now, you’re probably aware that Tableau is revolutionizing the data visualization space. We’ve explored its functionalities a couple of times already, and we...
9 Ways to Learn Data Science from Scratch
“Statistics is now the sexiest job around,” said Dr. Hans Rosling, a renowned professor, through a BBC documentary that featured him back in 2011. Then shortly ...
Framing Your Data Correctly
When presenting information how you frame it matters. To illustrate this point we're going to compare how FiveThirtyEight, one of the best data news sources, ch...
How Data Conquered Tech
Background As the saying goes, “if sales are the air a company breathes, then data is the blood running through its veins.” At least that’s how I remembe...
What Data Pros Can Learn from Mr. Rogers
It was 1969. The US was in the middle of the Vietnam war. Money was tight and the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications was holding hearings to de...
When to Tell Your Boss No
I played the role of “boss” for many years in my career, and I never liked hearing the word no from my team. There are, however, a few occasions where I found i...
Silicon Valley’s Biggest Skills Gap (Data Science) is Your Chance to Win
LinkedIn recently published their Workforce Report for 2018 which gives us insights into the US job market from their 150 million members. For us Data Geeks, th...