We are finally covering Excel content. I've discussed everything from what an analyst does to the good and the bad in Excel.Why the slow windup? It's because being a good analyst is more about having …
Education: Fight Yellow Checker Syndrome
Education Suffers from Yellow Checker SyndromeJames Altucher is a "digital mentor" of mine. He even answers some of my texts. If you know anything about him, he does not believe in college. I agree …
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On My First Smartphone
I am a late adopter of technology. Indeed, I just got my first smartphone this summer. (Go ahead and interrogate me in the comments.)Having a smartphone has taught me about the nature of competition …
Hired with Excel: The Bad
This will be you as an analyst -- headphones on, baffled by some spreadsheet your coworker just sent.This post is part of the Hired with Excel series. Read the previous post on the advantages of Excel …
Hired with Excel: Why Excel?
This is part of the "Hired with Excel" series. Read the previous post here. Business is all about solving other people’s problems. As an analyst, you want to solve your boss’s problems by …
The Biker Bar Fallacy
I've been in conference mode the past few days. Over the weekend, I was atWordcamp Columbus, improving my end-user Wordpress skills. Today, I'm finishing NABE's Economic Measurement Seminar, where I'm …