Is this a career? - by Benn Stancil - benn.substack
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The trouble with “working in data.”
Is this a career? The trouble with “working in data.” Dec 13, 2024 75 31 3 Share The answer is blowin’ in the wind. A while back, Dan Luu wrote a blog post that periodically makes the rounds in Silicon Valley. It begins: Reaching 95%-ile [ in most skills and activities ] isn't very impressive because it's not that hard to do. And continues: Personally, in every activity I've participated in where it's possible to get a rough percentile ranking, people who are 95%-ile constantly make mistakes that seem like they should be easy to observe and correct. "Real world" activities typically can't be r
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