Ashley Sherwood (she/her)

Data designer ✨ Integrate everything ✨ I speak compiler ✨ analytics engineer @hubspot ✨ fantasy author @ashleybsherwood

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

If there are any Data Twitter peeps looking for blue sky codes, I have a couple! ☺️ Feel free to DM me and apologies in advance if I’m slow to respond, but I wanted to err on the side of offering!

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@oldjacket You are not alone. The edge lording obfusticates her actual points which while often fair are hardly original. She ascribes malice where there are merely normal people following incentives in a complex system (see Douglass Hubbard). She’s the only one with malice 🤷‍♀️

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@rmoff @josh_wills Super vague “about” page and the only way to get any real information is to start a demo or talk to sales. 🤔

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@mariahjrogers Analytics actually doesn’t hold my attention that much, I think there’s lots of false precision out there and analytics is tedious to do well.

Process automation is my first love, SQL and data just happen to drive a lot of the processes that are interesting to automate.

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@mobileck @mariahjrogers And then you learn named tables and even the excel veterans look at you like a god. 😂

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@FaithLierheimer @Cavorax @mariahjrogers If you love excel planning, I have to recommend https://t.co/QmMLAZMtGX! It’s a prettier/smoother interface and it’s a little more like SQL than a spreadsheet. I’ve used it for house hunting and financial planning. Worth a look-see!

[mariah does data @mariahjrogers]

What's your worst data guilty pleasure or dirtiest secret?

Mine? I don't know how to use excel 😬 I'm literally terrified there will come a day where I *have* to use excel and not some other, ANY other tool...

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@leoebfolsom @Cavorax @r_sanjabi @mariahjrogers Haha, yes! I also like the framework, but your opinions have to be *good* opinions. There are DEFINITELY such things as bad opinions. That was one of my first substack posts for a reason. 😂

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

A scallop using jet propulsion to swim.

[BlackMilk Clothing @BlackMilkTweets]

When they stop hitting right, maybe I'll make a new one.

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

Essentialist misconceptions are shortcuts to avoid the harder work of 1) having clear goals 2) understanding what activities further those goals 3) evaluating efficacy of those activities and most important 4) tolerating the inherent uncertainty of our world

[Cat Hicks @grimalkina]

One of the most pernicious misconceptions that the tech industry has about human psychology is a strong belief in essentialist, deterministic, "born with it" personality traits that map cleanly onto homogenous, quantity-stable productivity outputs.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Parahawking combines paragliding with falconry. Trained birds lead paragliders to thermals.

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@jillzzy Bahahaha, love it

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@jillzzy Omg please report back, that movie looked so cute!

[jim rose circus @jimrosecircus1]

I believe the main difference is that one will see you later and the other will see you in awhile. I could be wrong, I'm not a zoologist.

[Data Angels @data_angels]

Mariah’s talk was amazing at #dbtCoalesce! Everyone check it out!

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@Cavorax @RussellSPierce @imightbemary @jillzzy One of the best next steps to formalizing it for your company is to design a proposal (its best to think through at least some of the details) and share it with your HR/recruiting department! You could partner with hiring managers to trial and refine the process.

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

the “former gifted kid” to “burnt-out-perfectionist-with-a-praise-kink” pipeline

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@imightbemary @jillzzy @RussellSPierce More the latter in practice, but I always preface with a tiny spiel about how we want to be as transparent as possible so that they have the info to know if the job is a good fit for them.

[Ashley Sherwood (she/her) @compilerqueen]

@jillzzy @imightbemary @RussellSPierce Here’s the essay!

I’m a huge fan of candidates interviewing the job and always make time/space for it.

One challenging piece not covered here is the Dunning Krueger effect of the least competent people being the most confident they’re a fit. 😬

https://t.co/mU1TUM8yxw