Data Guy

~15 year business intelligence professional, managing a team of analysts for a Fortune 500 company, just sharing what I’ve learned.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

I’m a industry veteran in the Data and analytics industry. I was inspired by @GuyDealership. Follow if you want data content about @tableau @Microsoft #powerBI @databricks or just content on breaking into the industry from somewhere else.

#data #analytics #pbi

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@tableau Either of them are better than PowerBI’s containers…which are terrible. #iMissTableau #powerBIguynow.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@tableau @tableaupublic I Would much rather hire someone with a tableau public profile, then a random cert or coursera class. What a valuable tool for Data professionals everywhere.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Tableau Public is infinitely more valuable for you to break into data or find a new job then any certificate or degree.

#datafam #tableau #powerbi

[Tableau @tableau]

Looking to hire a data analyst?

Explore this dashboard to find data viz talent and view portfolios across the 40,000 @TableauPublic authors who are available for hire. https://t.co/rbzLcv5cQT

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

Too many people get hung up on dashboard design and forget about the problem they were trying to solve in the first place. If no one uses it, it doesn’t matter. #datafam #data #bi #analytics

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

POV: when you are demoing a dashboard you know isn’t quite through QA yet and your stakeholder will instantly break it if given the chance 😂 #datafam #tableau #powerBI

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Mommy cat showing her baby to her dog friend.. 😊

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@Chipo_Chirewa I spend most of my time now helping new analysts start and develop their skills and it’s a huge gap for most of them. Low/no code tools have made people forget basic data modeling concepts.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

POV: a good data developer over the weekend who properly tests the things they deploy 😉 #datafam

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

The sankey diagram in a dashboard is almost never needed and rarely adds value. It’s the #stanley cup of data viz. There are SOOOO many better options but they aren��t nearly as trendy. #datafam #data #tableau #powerbi

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

If you are trying to break into data, nothing is more valuable than a tableau public profile. All the @coursera courses in the world won’t tell me half of what a @tableau public profile does. #hiring #career #datafam #certs

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@ud_analyst Not bad at all, but I’d highly recommend downloading tableau public for free and build it in there. It looks like excel and ultimately that is a huge downside for most analytical projects. the data sets that come out for #makeovermonday are perfect to build your skills.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@Immacharles1 If you are trying to break into the industry, I’d highly recommend tableau public. I’ve hired many many people who are completely inexperienced but have a tableau public profile that impressed me. Good luck and Congrats. 🎉

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@keeferlytics Worked in big finance for a while, honestly gave up for most things. Excel is like business objects, somehow it can never be killed. They love their excel but I just took it as a challenge to build better products where they had less of a reason to open the product.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

My team deployed a new dashboard today, it immediately wrecked the productivity of our executive staff because they were using it so much.
#feelsGoodMan #data #datafam #powerbi

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

True in rebranding, true in the first Branding of your data product. How you roll it out is just as important as what you roll out. #change #tech #data #datafam #powerbi

[Amanda Goetz @AmandaMGoetz]

Rebranding Twitter to X is one thing…

….Rolling it out with a single tweet with zero context is another.

Missed opportunity to bring everyone on board of the bigger mission and hope for the platform.

Change management 101: in the absence of information, people will make up their own.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@AmandaMGoetz I see it all the time in the data space, but I completely agree, what a missed opportunity.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

Not all user groups are created equal. Check these out but don’t hang around if they aren’t generating value. #tableau #data #powerBI #datafam

[Tableau @tableau]

Connect with the #DataFam and learn new skills along the way—join an upcoming #TableauUserGroup to get started. https://t.co/cX0JTeqRUL

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@ladidaix No matter how many hours you work, the work will still exist, so go home and spend time with your friends and family because that time is limited.

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

#MakeoverMonday is a more valuable tool for breaking into the data industry then any other certification on the market. #tableau #data #bi #businessintelligence #careersdvice

[Data Guy @DataProThoughts]

@romy_gill @alifarhat79 Sadly this is a common story with tech guys…just because you make a great app or website doesn’t mean you can lead a business or heck even manage a team