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Snowflake acquires dbt.
My one prediction for 2023 and why it could makes sense.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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The metrics layer is dead
Long live the metrics layer.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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SQL vs Python: the Faustian bargain
Why SQL is king for corporate data analysis.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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Why the dbt semantic layer sucks
It doesn't, really - we're just looking at it the wrong way.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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How poor stakeholder management ruins analytics
Why taking ownership of the analyst-stakeholder interface can instantly make your life better and your work more impactful.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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The case for curiosity
Why curiosity is the analyst's greatest superpower
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Robert Yi 🐳
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Analysis or dashboard?
Let's talk about the Pareto law, the dashboard fallacy, and how to answer the hardest question in analytics
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Robert Yi 🐳
Analytics is having a UX crisis.
Why user experience is crucial to analytics success
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Matt Blasa
Why I love diagrams, and you should too
They help you think, and help you help others think
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Robert Yi 🐳
Should we be more data-driven? Sometimes.
Let's talk decision-making process and try to understand when we should be flying the "data-driven" banner.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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The bad loop ruining analytics
How an over-emphasis on technical work has been disastrous for analytics.
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Robert Yi 🐳
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Build knowledge pipelines, not data pipelines.
Knowledge management is critical to analytics teams success.
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Matt Blasa
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