Dimensions of Work

Dimensions of Work

Visualization
I'm a data nerd.  Easy to admit...no shame...it is what it is.  You want proof?  This is what a data nerd does when he: sells his car gets way too into his fantasy baseball league mentors a high school robotics team Given my proclivity for data-fying otherwise normal parts of my life, it should come as no surprise that I've put some thought into measuring my career over the last 20+ years of my life.  You know how someone casually asks you how your job is going and then you struggle to answer succinctly or truthfully, but you end up going off on some long overly-descriptive narrative of your career aspirations?  Been there.  So what I tried to do is to quantify my career.  This would allow me to have…
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Shapes

Analytics, Visualization
I think I'm the anti-Buzzfeed.  Instead of giving my blog post a title like "These 5 Shapes Can Predict Your Success in Life" or "The One Shape the IRS Doesn't Want You To Know About", I go with the most obscure and non-descript title I can..."Shapes".  That's why I'm not in Marketing.  On the bright side, though, there is a secondary meaning to the red, white, and blue 'shapes' logo at the top of the blog.  Read (or skip) to the end to find out what it is.  OK...on to the blog post. The meaning behind 'shapes' has to do with charts, visualizations, and storytelling.  If you've read my posts before, you know that I'm a bit of a data nerd.  My personal affinity/skillset around data is visualizations.  I enjoy…
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