Time and Energy
Are you lazy, or are you tired? Is the problem managing time, or managing your energy? Productivity has many faces, and time is only one
Jane's Thoughts, Neurodivergence, Productivity, Productivity at work
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Naming Conventions
Naming conventions are the consistent guidelines that guide how a file is named. Most tools (like SQL) have naming conventions to avoid clashes in function names, keywords and databaase references, but some organisations also have internal naming conventions to help keep things organised
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Mandatory
Anything mandatory is a data value that cannot be left blank or empty. If the mandatory arguments are left blank/incorrectly written, the function, formula, method etc. would not work as intended
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Label
A label is the text in a visualization that identifies a value or describes a scale. Good labeling makes sure that your stakeholders are not confused about what they are seeing.
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Java
Java is a programming language widely used to create enterprise web applications that can run on multiple clients
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Labels: the neurodivergent bane
In the real world, labels don’t work – they hurt. You are left at the mercy of whatever education they might have had on the subject – a dangerous foray at best, and career suicide more often than not
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IDE
An I.D.E. (Integrated Development Environment) is a software application that brings several data analytics tools together in a single place, optimising for productivity and making your workflow easier
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Having
When writing an SQL query, use “HAVING” to apply a filter directly to the results, rather than the original data. Used in conjunction with aggregate functions
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GAM Smoothing (R)
Generalised Additive Model smoothing (also known as GAM smoothing) helps you highlight the trends in your data. It is largely preferred when working with plots that have a large number of points to avoid plots that are very granular or angular
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Facets (R)
Facets are series of functions that splits data into subsets in a matrix of panels
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Parenting an autistic child (2)
Parenting is not replicating yourself in your child. It is nurturing them to become their own person, even if they’re a little different from you
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Parenting an autistic child
Autistic children do need to be parented, but not every meltdown is an unreasonable tantrum. Learning how to differentiate them is key to proper parenting and providing the needed support
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Emphasis
Emphasis is arranging the visual elements of your visualisation to draw attention to what is important. Emphasis is how you focus your audience’s attention
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Dashboard
Dashboards track and show the relationship between selected data points, providing a snapshot of trends, patterns for your users to gain a high-level bird’s eye view of what is going on
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C#
You might never use C# as a data analyst, but there are other programming languages you’ll use, and some of the tech professionals your work will intersect with use C# in their work