Business Intelligence Tools, with Mico Yuk

Today's guest is the straight shooter Mico Yuk, who pulls absolutely no punches in her assessment of, well, anything! ...but particularly about vendors in the business intelligence and data analytics space. Enjoy!

Mico:
• Is host of the popular Analytics on Fire Podcast (top 2% worldwide).
• Co-founded the BI Brainz Group, an analytics consulting and solutions company that has taught over 15,000 students analytics, visualization and data storytelling courses — included at major multinationals like Nestlé, FedEx and Procter & Gamble.
• Authored the "Data Visualization for Dummies" book.
• Is a sought-after keynote speaker and TV-news commentator.

In this episode, Mico details:
• Her BI (business intelligence) and analytics framework that persuades executives with data storytelling.
• What the top BI tools are on the market today.
• The BI trends she’s observed that could predict the most popular BI tools of the coming years.

The SuperDataScience podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms, YouTube, and at SuperDataScience.com.

Data Analytics Career Orientation

Considering a Data Analytics career? Today's episode with YouTube icon Luke Barousse (273k subscribers) will be particularly appealing to you, but the terrifically interesting guest makes for an episode that anyone will love.

Luke:
• Is a full-time YouTuber, creating highly educational — but nevertheless hilarious — videos focused on Data Analytics.
• Previously worked as a Lead Data Analyst and Data Engineer at BASF.
• Worked for seven years in the US Navy on nuclear-powered submarines.
• Holds a degree in mechanical engineering, a graduate qualification in nuclear engineering, and an MBA in business analytics.

In this episode, Luke details:
• The must-have skills for entry-level data analyst roles.
• The data analyst skills mistakenly and erroneously pursued by many folks considering the career.
• How his submariner experience prepared him well for a data career.
• His favorite tools for creating interactive data dashboards.
• His favorite scraping libraries for collecting data from the web.
• The skills to learn now to be prepared for the data careers of the future.
• The benefits of CrossFit beyond just the fitness improvements.

The SuperDataScience podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms, YouTube, and at SuperDataScience.com.