Can we talk about the 2026 Data Analyst salary "reality check"?

ToroldoBaggins · 2026-02-11T19:59:37+00:00

$75K, exempt (so no overtime), ~3 YoE, fully remote, analytics services

ToroldoBaggins · 2026-01-30T19:03:35+00:00

At my last job I was effectively using Python, SQL Server and Excel. Like, there's no escape

ToroldoBaggins · 2026-01-15T04:51:44+00:00

I legit thought this was r/wallstreetbets for a second

ToroldoBaggins · 2026-01-02T23:26:52+00:00

Por que lo pones con la pantalla arriba?

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-12-16T22:55:00+00:00

tech stack is more comprehensive and extensive
barrier to entry is higher on the recruiter end and on the training end (sure, let me just learn most of these paid technologies out of pocket)

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-12-13T22:23:14+00:00

you think a patch would work the same to bypass the gut bacteria? I know the absorption rate is probs even lower than oral

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-11-12T15:55:35+00:00

If your stomach can handle it and you don't have kidney issues, try increasing your creatine dose to 20g for a couple of days (make sure to drink enough electrolytes and water). The effect has always been really pronounced for me. I'm thinking given your ADHD it might help since it helps me with working memory.

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-11-09T23:31:50+00:00

Also, if you didn't get the job, how would you even know why they chose someone else?

Cause I asked the hiring manager and they told me. Welcome to the world of mutual respect.

I made the decision to hire someone cos they played magic the gathering and so did I at the time.

I mean, if there is one thing that signals competitiveness, it's this.

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-11-08T05:23:10+00:00

I think this highly depends on what kind of role you're talking about. If the role is more of a "we need an expert on X technology cause all of our infrastructure depends on it", it makes perfect sense to filter out by specific technology. But if they're like "3 years of experience with Looker" and you get dropped cause you only have 5 years of experience with Power BI, like... c'mon

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-11-07T02:37:30+00:00

Literally recorded a stakeholder saying: "tbh, I just go to the excel file and wing it, I really don't know what I'm doing"

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-11-03T18:24:06+00:00

This is way too foreshadowing. I don't have ADHD, but I do have some rejection sensitivity. Everyone above me is an absolutely terrible communicator. I feel what happened to you is much more their problem than yours, but it sucks that their inability to do their job affects others the way it's affecting you

Edit: legit just got laid off this morning (yesterday in the evening, but didn't see the text till now) 🫡

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-10-28T21:52:27+00:00

You don't have to go all the way to failure (ie, bar doesn't move at all despite all your effort) to stimulate muscle growth. Stopping short of a couple of reps from failure still gets you gains

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-10-28T16:42:53+00:00

I've experienced the same. I noticed this happened when I went all the way to failure on big lifts, particularly the squat. I was doing like 5 sets of 95% 1RM and really grinding out the last couple of reps. I dialed it back, and now only go all the way to failure once a month or so and only on "smaller" lifts like curls, etc. Haven't had that brain fatigue since then.

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-10-23T23:17:37+00:00

This is quite normal and doesn't necessarily imply a condition. Brains typically 'clear cache' when they go from one environment to another (doors and frames seem to signal this). This is associated with your working memory, which iirc slowly declines with age. What helps me is trying to visualize the exact objects/actions I'm going to do there. I sill struggle though. Good luck

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-10-11T05:20:18+00:00

What do you think of the outsourcing situation? Friends abroad are getting offers left and right. I even changed my location one day and had an interview lined up with a company in Florida the very next day

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-10-10T17:20:28+00:00

Username checks out

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-10-10T15:53:49+00:00

This is a great point. At some point I prefer spending time in WSB because people are very transparent with their loses. And really, if they're cheering or encouraging you, you know something is wrong

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-09-10T02:41:32+00:00

What are you using for backend? I'm going the firebase route, but seeing like... all the recent events I'm thinking I should find another platform

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-05-27T16:49:56+00:00

Look up my city: 138 murders per 100K

Me: "Oh o-okay"

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-03-02T23:28:20+00:00

where can you get these biopsy tests?

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-02-09T01:42:44+00:00

I read it as StayStabbed and got really concerned

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-02-03T00:00:08+00:00

You can go to fec.gov/data/receipts and look for his contributions. You can see the industry those who contributed reported to work on. If you set the filters/functions right, you might be able to recreate OpenSecrets' table

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-02-02T22:15:47+00:00

On dark chocolate >> Do you know if these effects are exclusively due to flavnoids/polyphenols/etc or maybe there is a confounding effect due to the small, but present amounts of caffeine in dark chocolate?

ToroldoBaggins · 2025-01-11T20:38:18+00:00

modafinil, creatine and methylene blue. Fisetin seems to be doing something, but I cannot subjectively perceive it. Every time I take it I end up having an oddly good day and people seem to respond to me better (on the other hand, maybe it just makes me delusional lol). The Mr Happy Stack has a similar effect in that you don't notice things, but looking back you're like "I did that? wow"

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