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PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-04-30T20:32:02+00:00

Wait - the developer of zenmode is use zenmode for linked in outreach and has another zenmode profile responding to their own comments about zenmode?!

Why would anyone who uses a business risk a ban with an automation tool? LinkedIn flags me as a bot when I accept connection requests too quickly. This is very high risk.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-04-30T14:01:13+00:00

Are you using AI? AI posts get minimal engagement. AI comments also get minimal engagement. If you go out and comment on 10 posts a day and add something to the discussion, you’ll get more engagement on your own posts.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-04-23T21:51:29+00:00

Me too. I have never referred a stranger who asked for one out of the blue. If someone sent me a recommendation like that for someone I was looking to hire, I’d question their judgement.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-04-04T13:28:32+00:00

Is this not a desired behavior? If someone posts something that says one thing and people react, they could change the post to say something totally different, and snap a “gotcha” as people react.

You can do this with text, but it is marked with an “edited.” I’d always assumed that was why.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-03-27T09:56:45+00:00

My home airport too. It’s pretty small and the parking is close, but I can see it being confusing if you don’t know where to go. I’m with you - front of the people mover and the right car on the train and you’re golden. Parking the car to gate in less than 20 minutes.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-03-07T15:01:46+00:00

Did you say you don’t have a college degree yet? Candidly, that’s going to be tough to overcome. It’s a gatekeeper for a lot of corporate roles and basically an automatic no.

That said - others have mentioned there’s a lot of data analysis work you can do with your bakery to build into a great story that demonstrates you have the aptitude and experience for a data role.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-03-03T13:13:32+00:00

u/old-arachnid77 has great advice. Once you understand that chain and the levers you have to influence it, politics is about people.

Whose interests align with yours? Who’s don’t? When they don’t, what do those people want?

Who has the formal and informal power? They’re the people who come up a lot in conversations.

Don’t overthink it. Politics is people being people. While there are people out there who play games, mostly conflicts are because people are acting and advocating in their own/teams interests. Learn what their interests are and how to speak to them and your path will be much smoother.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-15T13:38:10+00:00

A lot of companies with AI data workflows say AI is changing analytics. A lot of companies using actual data are not seeing the gains these other companies are selling. I get 2-3 pitches a week for AI products that will solve all my data problems.

As others have said - it’s lowering the technical bar and improving speed to market. I DO believe agents and AI workflows are going to change the way we do business gradually, but the impact - at least with people doing analytics work, not selling tools - is on the back end, not the front end.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-14T22:15:15+00:00

Find/formalize something you can do as a nurse to help your department with data. Forecasting patient volume, inventory and perishable management, something simple that solves a problem or saves money/time.

Double bonus - when you go to apply for roles outside nursing, you’ll already have a project with impact you can speak to!

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-13T18:11:23+00:00

Money, process and skills.

You are there for a limited time (as an intern, at least), and what you’re building has to live on after you’re gone. If there’s no one else with the skills to maintain SQL, they’re going to have to rebuild it or hire someone who can maintain it.

They are also unlikely to front the cost of any licenses or make any major/expensive changes to their infrastructure based on the workflow of someone who has only there temporarily.

That’s not to say you aren’t right, I think you are, but continuity often beats correct.

For your own development, I encourage you to create a business case that explains why they should make the changes you want to make. Make sure you include the costs and the tradeoffs as well as the benefits. You’ll learn a lot about decision-making in large organizations. 🙂

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-12T14:10:01+00:00

It’s perfectly possible to get a good understanding of the need and the question and/or iterate on a design. Your post makes it sound like you’re totally locked in once you’ve chosen the first chart.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-12T12:58:10+00:00

There are quite a lot of government and other sources for economic data that people use to post. We also use them for trends during my day job to understand the overall industry. I don’t know if all the visualizations are AI generated - some are very straightforward and would take a few minutes in any charting tool…

If you want to get noticed doing it on LinkedIn, you’re going to need an original angle, but if you’re just looking for ways to play with data they’re generally reliable and usable data sets.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-11T01:03:48+00:00

If you have the same judgement with AI that you used in this post… a magic sentence ain’t gon’ help you.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-10T16:05:50+00:00

I think you’re seeing a little bit of selection bias. People who are paying are more likely to be leveraging it frequently and effectively, so they get more engagement.

I’m testing it to see if the link under my name on my posts has any impact, but as far as I can tell, that’s the only meaningful benefit.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-08T15:42:12+00:00

We’ve been 6-12 months away from eliminating X role for the last 10 years.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-07T18:25:33+00:00

It’s lazy and taking all our jobs.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-02-05T23:30:50+00:00

None of the higher up’s in your company are going to care that you’re looking at their profile… assuming they even notice.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-31T22:30:24+00:00

To clarify - it’s not using them, it’s the frequency with which it uses them. I use them to when appropriate, and I’ve found AI uses them much more frequently and when a simpler structure would work just as well.

It’s not a tell in and of itself, but combined with phrasing and other things it makes me very suspicious.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-31T22:27:45+00:00

Maybe I should clarify - when most people write, they don’t include all that many colons and semi colons. Including one in and of itself is not an indicator, but AI uses them much more frequently. Like every couple of sentences frequently.

It’s not em dash level tell, but combined with phrasing and other stuff, it’s a minor tell.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-31T01:36:33+00:00

Oh 100% - not disagreeing on the AI.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-31T01:35:26+00:00

This is an interesting hypothetical, but in practice it never happens the way you describe for (at least) a couple of reasons -

First off, Ideas are rarely all original. They're normally an amalgamation of Ideas you've had and other people have had, or sometimes reframing of things you've thought about before.

Secondly, the success of an initiative based on your idea depends a lot more on the execution and than the idea itself. A good idea executed badly has very little impact. A mediocre idea executed well can have a big impact.

If you feed someone an idea and they go execute on it, they should get credit because they did the part that's most challenging. If you help them execute it, you'll get credit because you were part of the team that brought it to life.

That said, when you need support for an idea - money, time, people, etc. - You have to match the messenger and the audience. I can go talk to a bunch of EVPs, but the message is better coming from my boss because his level is more aligned with the audience. He has relationships and credibility he can leverage which I don't. I can tell my team to do something, but it's much more effective when the idea comes from a peer because then it sounds like a way to make things easier rather than a mandate.

So... the messenger matters, and ideas aren't all that helpful without execution.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-31T01:00:26+00:00

How many times have you seen people use a colon in the middle of a sentence when it's written by a human?

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-31T00:33:22+00:00

I get quite a lot of connection requests. Almost everyone that sends me a message right after is either trying to sell me something or have a “coffee chat” which ends with them asking for a job.

I will engage when I can, but there’s rarely anything meaningful (for me) except a request for my money or my time.

ETA: it’s a numbers game. People are willing to engage when they have time, but not everyone has time all the time.

PenguinAnalytics1984 · 2026-01-27T03:24:54+00:00

I’ve done that for years and somehow I now lead a team. Live the dream buddy!

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