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Study show that people think that data analysts and accountants are boring

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Re: Study show that people think that data analysts and accountants are boring

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Stereotypes suck. Why would data analytics be boring?

Read the abstract: Data analysts, not data analytics. The persons interested in these seem to have boring traits.

Yeah, my mistake. But how can such person be considered boring? In my mind the are the persons that tackle the data, find connections where others don't see it, good at observing patterns...

Re: Study show that people think that data analysts and accountants are boring

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the abstract: Data analysts, not data analytics. The persons interested in these seem to have boring traits.

Yeah, my mistake. But how can such person be considered boring? In my mind the are the persons that tackle the data, find connections where others don't see it, good at observing patterns...

If you have to ask then you're probably boring outside your field. I work in property management and while it's fascinating to me I'm also aware that things like the story of the neighboring building with a staircase railing that's fine but implemented debateably within code will put the average person to sleep. Being interesting isn't about you it's about a two way interaction.

Re: Study show that people think that data analysts and accountants are boring

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Read the abstract: Data analysts, not data analytics. The persons interested in these seem to have boring traits.

Yeah, my mistake. But how can such person be considered boring? In my mind the are the persons that tackle the data, find connections where others don't see it, good at observing patterns...

>But how can such person be considered boring?

Consider a continuum from Boring to Exciting. Now place these jobs on them:

- Firefighter

- Rocket Scientist

- Data Analyst

They are more boring, ergo, they are the boring jobs.

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