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Keith V. Helfrich Visualization & Analytics Rookie to Rockstar! @keithhelfrich

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Keith V. Helfrich Visualization & Analytics

Rookie to Rockstar!

@keithhelfrich

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Themes For the Next Half Hour

Persistence, Pride, Inspiration, Ambition, Success, Fulfillment, Defining Moments, Joy, Perseverance, Reward, Opportunity, Dedication, Support, Carpe Diem, Example, Celebration, Greatness, Accomplishment, Goals, Victory

.. and just a wee bit of data

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#1: Commitment

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“Rudy Ruettiger wants to play football at Notre Dame, but has neither the money for tuition nor the grades to qualify

for a scholarship.

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My Rudy Moment Looked Like This

- the context

- the conflict

- the resolution: become a data rockstar

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Make it Personal. Make It Real.- Maybe you’ve had your Rudy moment?

- But, if you’re lacking personal commitment .. we can can manufacture a rudy moment here, now

Say it aloud: “I will become a data rockstar”

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I own you.

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#2: The Framework

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How to Data Pivot Your Career1. Talk to as many people as you can

2. If you’re unhappy in your current role, don’t wait

3. Expect some trade-offs

4. Find a sponsor / mentor

5. Give yourself credit where credit is due

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All Careers Need an Elevator Pitchespecially a career in transition

Mine looked like this:

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“You must be the person you never had the courage to be.

Gradually, you will discover that you are that person. But until you can see this clearly, you must pretend & invent.”

– Paulo Coelho

Fake it until you Make it the right way ..

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Say What You WantNot What You Do

– Bruce Kasanoff

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Channel Your FailuresYou’re new at this. You will make some mistakes.

And you will encounter setbacks.

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There’s more to rockstar than working with data

communication, empathy, sincerity

rockstars are good with people

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On the Plinko Board of LifeYou may need to swing from the rungs a bit.

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Your Risks Might Include

- Changing departments within your company

- Stepping down from a managerial role to be "hands on" again

- Taking time off to learn and "retool"

- Using data to communicate & bring about politically sensitive change

- Any of a host of risks that, because of your passion, feel right to you

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Play to Your Strengths

“Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at

you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the

wrong answer.”

– Peter Drucker

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These are my strengths ..

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~ Be Weird ~

- As kids, we're taught to be normal. To just fit in. Pay attention in school & don't draw too much attention.

Then we enter the real world to learn that normal is boring.

- Boring people are forgettable. To succeed as a person, business, or brand: you cannot be normal.

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Passion

Immediacy

“Weird”

Memorable

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You need to stick out. You need to be different.

You need to be yourself.

Why Weirdos Outperform Normals

http://rhsd.io/Science-of-Weird

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#3: First Steps

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Where to Begin

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Set Your Milestones

Start from your elevator pitch & work backwards

- Which milestones lie between here & there ?

Lay out the path you will follow

- No hard deadlines, simply a fervent desire to arrive

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Drink from the FirehoseMeet-ups: TUGs, Data Science, Women in Data, ...

Social Networks: Follow the experts, participate

Feedly: Read the blogs

Amazon: Read the books

MOOCS: Take the courses

LinkedIn Groups: Tableau Enthusiasts, Tableau Software Fans and Friends, ...

Podcasts: Data Stories, Tableau Wannabe, …

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Work with data you’re interested in!

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Manage your professional brand

- Integrate into the Twittersphere

- Design your business cards

- Start a data blog

- Polish your Internets

- Polish Delete your Resumé

And take it easy on yourself. Impossible to do everything at once!

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Your body language shapes

who you are.http://rhsd.io/Amy-Cuddy

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Starting a Data Blog

Write for your own edification: later it becomes an asset to your career

Choose Your Platform: ghost, make it responsive!

Define Yourself: be who you are

Find Your Voice: edit, edit, edit (+ more editing)

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Red Headed Step Data

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Data Blick

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Keeping it Running

Cadence: one post a month works well

Tools: Bit.ly, Embed.ly, Add This, Google Analytics

Networks: Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Google+

Track Your Writing: blend these stats with your site traffic data

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Take This With You!#1: You can totally data pivot your career!

#2: Success begins & ends with commitment

#3: Rockstars are good with people. Be yourself

#4: Take some risks & play to your strengths

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Keith V. Helfrich Visualization & Analytics

@keithhelfrich http://rhsd.io

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ReferencesSlides

- http://rhsd.io/rookie-to-rockstar-slides

Say What You Want

- http://rhsd.io/say-what-you-want

Strengths Finder

- http://rhsd.io/strengths_finder

Why Weirdos Outperform Normals

- http://rhsd.io/Science-of-Weird

How to Become a Data Visualization Expert: A Recipe

- http://rhsd.io/visualization-expert-recipe

Getting Good at Tableau – the Screencast

- http://rhsd.io/getting-good-at-tableau

Your body language shapes who you are

- http://rhsd.io/Amy-Cuddy

Red Headed Step Data

- http://rhsd.io/SFBATUG-Talk

Data Blick

- http://rhsd.io/datablick