It feels like I can't go a week of datascrolling without hearing someone pose the distinction between learning technical skills and business skills as a data analyst. I get the question, I really …
Free tutorial: Getting started with Excel
Many of my friends and family members are vaguely aware of what I do -- something with numbers and computers. It sounds interesting perhaps, but they're not sure where they fit in. Excel is the …
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Gary in Accounting can’t build your data academy
Building a "data academy" sounds like a lot of work, so it's natural to want to delegate or find ways around it. A common strategy might sound something like this: I know we need get better at …
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Microsoft wants YOU to learn Python! (RMB Data Science Meetup)
I'll be presenting a ~20-minute presentation to the Data Science Meetup of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a group hosted by Matthew Bernath of the Financial Modelling Podcast. The event is on Monday …
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R-driven Power BI (satRday Columbus online presentation 2021)
I'll be giving a ~15 minute presentation at 11am Eastern to the free, online satRday Columbus conference Saturday, October 2nd. The topic will be "R-driven Power BI." Register for the event …
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Free resource guide: A data presentation in six acts
Data analytics is iterative like the sky is blue... what does that actually mean? I get the sense from many new analysts that they've spent a decent amount of time looking through the data and …
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