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@forthright_IND@PaparattoLuca1 Well as much as you want Nico playing, he cant cover for Messi as much RDP does when Argentina is defending. Also Nico occupies spaces that Messi does. Essential they are the same player. (The Dybala problem).
The accounts that made my data thinking sharper are not the ones with the most followers.
Here are the data analysts and practitioners worth following on X in 2026, and specifically why each one.
⟶ @Alex_TheAnalyst (~78K)
Best for: SQL career content, portfolio advice, beginner-to-expert pathways.
Why: His resource posts are genuinely useful. Not generic. He shows his actual work.
Best post type to watch: his “how I would approach this problem” format.
⟶ @jessica_xls (~70K)
Best for: Data career reality, Nigerian diaspora perspective, honest job market takes.
Why: She names the things most career accounts avoid. Good signal-to-noise ratio.
Best post type: her personal story posts anchored to specific outcomes.
⟶ @__mharrison__ (~164K)
Best for: Python opinion, technical takes with commercial framing.
Why: He disagrees with things. That is rare and useful in a field full of consensus content.
Best post type: his short, blunt takes on Python tools and AI realities.
⟶ @bernardmarr (~139K)
Best for: AI and data strategy framed for business leaders.
Why: If you want to understand how executives think about data. read how he explains it to them.
Best post type: his “what this actually means for your organisation” format.
⟶ @KirkDBorne (~189K)
Best for: Trend spotting, data science frontier, cross-domain thinking.
Why: NASA background, genuine breadth. Good for seeing where the field is moving before it arrives.
Best post type: his systems thinking posts.
⟶ @SeattleDataGuy
Best for: Data engineering career reality. No hype.
Why: He talks about the actual experience of building pipelines. not the tutorial version.
Best post type: his “things nobody tells you about data engineering” format.
⟶ @BecomingDataSci
Best for: Non-traditional paths into data. Real transitions.
Why: If you are moving into data from a different background. this account understands that journey.
Follow these for signal, not noise. Turn off notifications for everyone except the two or three whose thinking consistently challenges yours.