I promise I didn't post this just to use this great (free!) photo from Gratisography. No, it's because this is one of the niftier Excel hacks that doesn't get much publicity.Unwinding a formula in …
Lessons from #WCNC2015 (Day 1 of 2)
I spent much of this weekend at WordCamp North Canton, a forum on everything Wordpress. A casual user of Wordpress myself, I attended to meet other users and learn how to get more out of the …
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Abraham Lincoln, Data Analyst
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.Lincoln’s wisdom is easily applied to data analysis. Very little of working with data is actually running the …
30 Seconds Spent Better: Resume Visualization
One of the first things job-seekers will hear is that a recruiter is only going to spend about 30 seconds reading your resume. This seems overstated. With the average job posting getting dozens of …
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VLOOKUP with a Crystal Ball
I call vlookup the "duct tape of Excel" -- it's a cheap, easy way to patch together two sets of data. Like with any patchwork solution, things can get out of order. How to avoid constantly …
“The End of College” and the Future for Analysts
I read Kevin Carey’s The End of College, a surprisingly controversial book. Carey lists the flaws of American higher education and predicts how "creative destruction" will upend it. These …
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