How to Define Yourself Based on Your Job

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Robin Madel wrote an article called I got laid off at Google and it broke my heart because the company had become my life. Being good at your job is something that's really important to me, Tim says. Yashvi Shah has just set up a new Instagram account where she shares stories about how rejection have helped people pivot their career paths. Both of these things happened in the same week which made us reflect on our own careers.

On the one hand, analysts generally know and accept that part of their responsibility is to not only conduct analyses, but to effectively communicate the results of those analyses to their stakeholders. On the other hand, "communication" can feel like a pretty squishy and nebulous skill. On this episode, Michael, Moe, and Tim tackled that nebulosity (side note: using obscure words is generally not an effective communication tactic). For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.