I once asked a senior analyst how to get better at storytelling with data.
They said, “Don’t try to sound smart. Try to be understood.”
That hit me.
The hard part isn’t the SQL or the charts, it’s knowing what not to say.
When did you realize analytics was more about clarity than complexity?

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Maybe 3 years in. Ten years in, I still feel like I have to “dumb things down” though and thoroughly enjoy the complexities more than the influencing piece of the job.

Intellectual problem solving is the fun part. Influencing is the annoying, but business-necessary part.

Solving the business problem is the main!

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Telling the story is absolutely the hardest part of the job and something I desperately need to get better at

Even with that, I have problems! Not all stories stick! The one that points out actual issues gets pushed down the side!

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