I hadn’t planned on founding Data Revelations in 2011. It was thrust upon me by a layoff.
Out of work, I put a web site together and started blogging about visualizing survey data using Tableau. My hope was that these posts would help me land a consulting gig.
As I waited for the phone to ring, I realized I couldn’t keep producing content in a vacuum.
I needed validation. I needed someone to tell me what I was doing was helpful.
Shortly thereafter, two “someones” emailed me to tell me that they thought I had written something useful.
This was the fuel I needed to keep writing.
There’s a lot of noise on social media platforms. People starting out in a field have a hard time being seen and heard.
If you come across a newcomer who is producing something good, let them know. This might be the fuel they need to continue.
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“Newcomer” doesn’t mean young. It means someone who is attempting something new or is entering a new field.
And if you are curious about the two people who gave me what I needed when I needed it, it was Joe Mako and Michael Cristiani.
