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225: The Stone Cold Truth About Data: False Hopes and Hard Truths with The Cynical Data Guy
Manage episode 462441322 series 3264623
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- False Hope in Data Roles (1:17)
- Naivety of Junior Data Analysts (4:27)
- The Challenge of Defining Data (6:41)
- Struggles with Enterprise BI Tools (9:43)
- Career Advice for Data Professionals (12:36)
- Generational Shifts in Data Roles (16:51)
- Self-Service Data Requests (18:17)
- The Importance of Analysis Skills (19:46)
- The Broader Context of Analysis (21:44)
- Boring Challenges in AI Deployment (23:29)
- Technology Development vs. Human Absorption (26:14)
- VC Resolutions for 2025 (27:00)
- Value Addition in Leadership (32:08)
- Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up (33:06)
The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.
RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.
470 episodes
Manage episode 462441322 series 3264623
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- False Hope in Data Roles (1:17)
- Naivety of Junior Data Analysts (4:27)
- The Challenge of Defining Data (6:41)
- Struggles with Enterprise BI Tools (9:43)
- Career Advice for Data Professionals (12:36)
- Generational Shifts in Data Roles (16:51)
- Self-Service Data Requests (18:17)
- The Importance of Analysis Skills (19:46)
- The Broader Context of Analysis (21:44)
- Boring Challenges in AI Deployment (23:29)
- Technology Development vs. Human Absorption (26:14)
- VC Resolutions for 2025 (27:00)
- Value Addition in Leadership (32:08)
- Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up (33:06)
The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.
RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.
470 episodes
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