Following on from my post yesterday, I wanted to give a small update. I’m now halfway through the Excel certification that contributions to the BI Reporting badge and I am learning some useful new features. As I mentioned before, I’ve been using PowerPivot for around 4 months, and while I’m aware there is still much to Read More
Getting Certified in BI Reporting
From looking into the learning around Power BI, it seems like the difficult part is combining data and adding calculated measures. For the last 9 months, I’ve been using Power Query and for the last 4 months I’ve been using Power Pivot. Both of these are the backend in Power BI that drive all the data Read More
Learning To Relax
I’ve been thinking about how I take care of myself, which makes this article my wife shared with me quite timely! https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work Basically millenials, those of us in the 22 to 38 age range, are burning out. This is because we are trying to do everything just like our parents did. But the current economical and Read More
Preparing Myself For The Future
Something that I have always been comfortable and good at is learning new work skills. My Excel skills for example have only gotten better and better and been the backbone of my career for the last 5 years. With all of the different jobs I’ve undertaken that were heavily Excel focused, I’ve also developed great analytical Read More
There is no ‘proper’ way to read
Some time ago I wrote a post about Blinkist as being akin to speed dating for books. You get snapshots of what the book is about, edited for enjoyment quite likely, lasting but a fraction of what a traditional date would in comparison. One of the responses I got to that through Twitter was that it Read More
Interrupting bad behaviours to replace them with good
I’ll be honest, for a little while I let myself get wrapped up in news stories. Predominantly the stuff going on with Trump in the US and the nonsense going on over here with Brexit. Sure, some of it was entertaining and we all like to let ourselves get a little outraged sometimes, but following the Read More
Organisation and checking your work
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post, which means it’s a good opportunity to catch up! I’m becoming more focused on organising and pursuing my goals, I’ve even started taking notes in OneNote. Paper notebooks just aren’t as flexible as digital ones, I can’t elaborate on a note later unless I rewrite it on Read More
I Should Not Be Multitasking
I made a mistake at work yesterday in a process I developed and know back to front. It was only a single step, but a crucial one. It is so frustrating when you know that the only person you can really blame is yourself. But there is one lesson I can take away from this, that Read More
Getting Up To Speed For Data Science: Attitude
At the end of last year I was losing faith in my ability to study Data Science. Even though I had had a good first contact week, the material was incredibly difficult for me to understand. Following that, I wanted to work hard on my maths, but really had to start at a much lower point Read More
Organising Bookmarks More Usefully
One of the troubles with attempting to be a self-driven learner is that organising everything is up to you. Being in control of how and when learning happens is great, but being told what to learn and when and being directed to the material simplifies so much! So this is what I’m lamenting after my contact Read More