Do I have to be an uber nerd or just a nerd to be in data and analytics?

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I’m a Lyft nerd

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You just have to know analytics and understand data. You don't have to be a nerd

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You just need to be curious and generally up for quantitative challenges. Please don't try to adopt any persona other than your own. The only people impressed by the uber nerd facade are those who hide behind that archetype themselves.

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Please don’t be an uber nerd. It’s a bad excuse to be socially incompetent.

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Who says nerds are socially incompetent?

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Just have to care about making informed decisions, actually. ‘Nerd’ is shorthand for brushing off serious analysis.

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Nope, worked with these uber nerds.

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Just a nerd

I think you’re confusing nerds and geeks

I‘m so uber... that my pocket protector has its own pocket protector 😎

Nerd alert! DE1 in da house.

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