The people consuming the data–CEOs, Marketing VPs, CFOs–would receive monthly reports, request special analysis as-needed, and send analysts a never-ending stream of requests to “segment by this” or “cut by that” or “hey, we’ve updated our definition of ‘account’”.
Being a data analyst was a hard and thankless job, and it didn’t have a ton of leverage. Because of this, it was often a junior role, one where you “did your time” and then moved on to something else. (View Highlight)
Note: Pain - thankless role “did your time” and moved one
The analytics engineer curates the catalog so that the researchers can do their work more effectively. (View Highlight)
