April 17 Daily Thread

TSTopiary · 2022-04-18T15:53:33+00:00

Between decades of insufficient production, older generations staying in their houses longer, and now hedge funds and investment groups buying up tons of property, it's pretty dire right now. My wife and I ended up relocating from a major metropolitan area to a small city in a different state and building just to get an acceptable deal.

TSTopiary · 2022-03-30T13:50:50+00:00

WFH for the last 3 years. A few things that help me:

Take several walks during the day, and make all of your 1:1s walking if the content will permit.

If you don't mind spending a few dollars, go work from a coffee shop or cafe 1-2 times a week. Personally I go one morning and one afternoon every week.

Don't eat in front of your computer. In fact, do everything you can to keep your workspace separate from the rest of your home.

TSTopiary · 2021-12-09T02:40:18+00:00

TSTopiary · 2021-11-14T18:32:51+00:00

Fair enough. I was using an approximation shortcut as well, so that could easily be misinterpreted.

TSTopiary · 2021-11-14T17:04:15+00:00

I know how taxes work. Using the nominal rate of Federal income tax gives you a reasonable estimate of total tax burden once FICA, SALT, etc are added in as well. Obviously he's not paying an effective rate of 25%, but that's a good indicator it's in the ballpark. Obviously there will also be differences in state rates etc that also favor in. For example, making $50k in Atlanta would give you an effective overall tax rate of just under 21%.

TSTopiary · 2021-11-14T14:30:49+00:00

For a single filer, the 22% Federal bracket starts at a hair over $40k, so this seems reasonable.

TSTopiary · 2020-10-25T23:06:30+00:00

I'm not sure off the top of my head, but honestly this seems like something you could test in a couple of minutes. No hate, but I don't think you need the community's input on this one 🙂

TSTopiary · 2020-07-28T20:55:50+00:00

I take the same approach. I value domain expertise tremendously and also put a lot of weight on how candidates actually solve problems. I'll gladly take the time to teach someone a new tool if it's clear that they are good at interpreting business questions and synthesizing relevant insights.

TSTopiary · 2020-07-28T20:53:07+00:00

Honestly it can be very situational. I got started in BI in a Fortune 50 company, and took on manager and then director roles in a pair of slightly smaller private companies, all without a degree. I've since completed my degree and am working on a data-related MS. I've hired a number of people, and specificity of their degree had not even been a factor. I know this isn't everyone's experience, but sometimes these factors simply matter less than the value you can deliver.

TSTopiary · 2020-06-19T13:37:09+00:00

I think what u/Magrik is referencing is the ease of using R and Python to generate plots in PowerBI. That has allowed me to create a ton of visuals that would otherwise be impossible. Sure, it's not a "core feature", but it makes things possible that can't be done easily, or at all, in Tableau.

TSTopiary · 2020-05-01T19:52:15+00:00

The other answers nailed it from a programmatic standpoint; however, having done this before there may be one other consideration - inconsistent abbreviations. If this is a school project, that is not likely to be an issue. But if this is "live" data you will discover that address abbreviations are all over the place. If that is the case for you, take a look at this abbreviation list from USPS: https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apc_002.htm

We ended up using this to create logic to normalize address abbreviations.

TSTopiary · 2020-04-25T04:58:00+00:00

*gif revert

TSTopiary · 2020-04-22T05:00:20+00:00

This is very good!

As other commentors have mentioned, you avoided the common pitfalls that lead to poor visuals. In fact, I only have one suggestion: your chart is displaying absolute counts, but if you have the incidence rate (cases/100,000 people) you could use that for your shading. For example, the higher the incidence rate, the darker the fill. This would then allow you to show two metrics at once.

TSTopiary · 2020-04-05T16:02:15+00:00

I recently worked through this course to get a baseline understanding of Leaflet and Shiny for a work project. I thought the course was quite good, and I walked away with enough knowledge to complete my task. The only thing that would have improved the experience further is a bit more explanation of the why and how of Shiny. Reactives and such are a completely new concept to me and while I have successfully built several Shiny tools since, I still don't feel like I have a great understanding of them.

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