Tag: Career

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Rachel Costa

Data + Women Quarterly: Finding Your Path in the Data & Tech Industry

Hello everyone! I’m Rachel, one of the co-organisers of the Data + Women network. Nice to meet you! For those who have never heard of..
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Kathryn Hurchla

Getting to Know… Lawrence Gray, PhD

The dataviz community is broad and encompasses practitioners from a range of backgrounds, professions, and interests. In an effort to get to know the community,..
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Claire Santoro

Getting to know… Jarrett C. Hurms

The dataviz community is broad and encompasses practitioners from a range of backgrounds, professions, and interests. In an effort to get to know the community,..
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Amy Cesal, J. K. Dru & Jill A. Brown

Announcing the 2021 Data Visualization SOTI Survey Challenge!

The Data Visualization Society is pleased to announce a two-month challenge, focused on the results of the 2021 Data Visualization State of the Industry (SOTI)..
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Amanda Makulec

Five Questions to Ask When Starting Out in Dataviz at a Consulting Firm

Within the Data Visualization Society we frequently talk about the growing availability of full-time data visualization opportunities, including working as a data visualization consultant. If..
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Simran Parwani

Early Career Corner: Meet Dzifa Amexo

I feel so lucky to be the Early Career Director at DVS: I get to talk to all sorts of people about data visualization and..
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Jorge Camões

Histórias Aterradoras em Visualização de Dados: Jorge Camões

Read this article in English here. Alguma vez cometeu um erro constrangedor numa visualização de dados? Passou por completo ao lado da visão do cliente..
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Jorge Camões

Dataviz Horror Stories: Jorge Camões

Leia este artigo em portugues aqui. Have you ever made an embarrassing mistake in a data visualization? Did you utterly fail to meet your client’s or..
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Erica Gunn

An Insight-Informed View of DVS Education Opportunities

In July 2021, I joined the DVS Board as the Education Director. Since then, I’ve been doing some initial research to get clear on what..
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Shirley Wu

Dataviz Horror Stories: Shirley Wu

Have you ever made an embarrassing mistake in a data visualization? Did you utterly fail to meet your client’s or boss’s vision? Did you proudly..
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Simran Parwani

Early Career Corner: Meet Rosmery Izaguirre

The Data Visualization Society Early Career Committee is launching the Early Career Corner, a series of conversations with practitioners in the beginnings of their data..
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Walter Paixão Côrtes

How I Used Data Visualization to Showcase My Career Trajectory

In our professional lives, every now and then we have opportunities to share our career trajectory with different audiences. For example, we may share with..
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John Polk

You’ve Visualized Your Data, Now Actualize Your Promotion

I sat through approximately 160 cross-calibration conversations for analysts in my career. A cross-cal is how many companies ensure associates get a fair performance rating..
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Will Chase

Constructing a Career in Dataviz: Finding Success

My father grew up on a farm in rural Kansas. His father and grandfather were both builders, and growing up on the farm, he gained..
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Will Chase

Constructing a Career in Data Visualization: The How

In my first essay, I touted my status as a “self-taught” designer and developer — this was a lie. Or rather, a mischaracterization, for almost no..
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Will Chase

Constructing a Career in Dataviz: Getting Started

In 1984, when my parents were searching for their first home together, my dad decided the best solution — given their limited budget — was..