A leader should be an able to answer how and what they can do differently..
No sir, you can’t criticize all government policies and not give solutions to them..
It’s very obvious you don’t want people to vote you that is why you want to keep your plans to your chest, it’s not a secret affair, we want to know what you’re going to do differently..
I watched the podcast with Rufai, it wasn’t inspiring!
You will pay ‘Road worthiness’ for your vehicle every 6months (despite appalling state of our roads), yet they still want to introduce vehicle tax to it from July this year???
Lol. Okay na.
I hope that while you're angry and frustrated at the happenings in the economy and political space in Nigeria, that anger is fuelling your desire to go and vote o
Don't let this frustration, tiredness force you to keep your PVC under the carpet
E fit worse pass as e be now o
When the presidential debates start, can anyone of this media houses play that video where President Tinubu asked us not to vote him if there's no constant electricity after 3 years abeg
I wan know why he still dey run after blatantly failing on his words!
Going to bed now after creating PowerBI analysis and validating my results with SQL queries because I don't want to present wrong values and first meeting of the day is at 8am
Bittersweet experience of an Analyst
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻.”
Once you become the analyst, you get typecast.
And most people don’t realize it until it’s too late.
Here’s what happens:
You get hired because you’re good with data. You build dashboards. You answer questions. You become the go-to person for “what do the numbers say?”
Then something shifts.
Suddenly, nobody asks your opinion on strategy anymore.
They only ask: “What does the data say?”
Your ideas get dismissed with “that’s not really your area.”
You’re in meetings, but only to present numbers. Not to shape decisions.
You’ve become a human calculator.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺:
Being great at analysis can trap you in analysis forever.
Leadership sees you as technical, not strategic.
You’re valued for execution, not insight.
You’re the person who builds the report, not the person who decides what to do with it.
And here’s the cruel part: the better you get at analysis, the harder it is to escape.
Because now you’re TOO valuable doing what you’re doing. Why would they promote you when you’re solving all their data problems?
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁:
→ Strategy meetings happen without you
→ Your recommendations get watered down to “interesting insight”
→ Promotions go to people with “business acumen” (translation: not you)
→ You’re stuck at “Senior Analyst” while non-technical people become directors
→ Your technical skills become a ceiling, not a ladder
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁:
1. Stop just answering questions. Start asking them.
When someone asks “what are our sales numbers?” don’t just give the number.
Ask: “Why do you need this? What decision are you making?”
Then provide context with the number.
2. Learn the business, not just the data.
Understand how the company makes money. What drives revenue. What kills margin. What keeps the CEO up at night.
Talk to sales. Talk to ops. Talk to finance.
You can’t be strategic if you only understand the database.
3. Present insights, not data.
Stop showing up to meetings with “here are the numbers.”
Show up with “here’s what the numbers mean, here’s the problem, and here’s what I think we should do.”
Frame yourself as a problem-solver, not a report-builder.
4. Refuse some requests.
When someone asks you to “just pull some numbers,” push back.
“What decision will this inform? What are we trying to solve?”
If they can’t answer, don’t do the work.
Your time is valuable. Spend it on analysis that matters.
5. Build relationships outside your team.
The more people see you as a strategic partner, the less you’re seen as “just the data person.”
Grab coffee with product. Talk strategy with marketing. Understand what leadership cares about.
Be present in conversations that aren’t about dashboards.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵:
Some companies will never see analysts as strategic.
You’re overhead. You’re support. You’re not “core business.”
If that’s your company, you have two choices:
1.Accept the ceiling and optimize for work-life balance
2.Leave and find a company that values analytics as strategy
Both are valid. Just be honest with yourself about which one you’re choosing.
𝗕𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:
Being the “numbers person” is a trap.
Your technical skills got you in the door.
But if you want to grow, you need to be more than technical.
Learn the business. Build relationships. Frame yourself as a strategist who happens to use data.
Or accept that you’ll be building dashboards forever.
The choice is yours.
Have you felt this? Drop a comment if you’ve been typecast as “just the data person.”
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