## Metadata - Author: [[mataroa.blog|Mataroa]] - Full Title:: Most Data Work Seems Fundamentally Worthless - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Bullshit jobs|Bullshit Jobs]], [[Bullshit jobs|Bullshit Jobs]] , [[Ser data driven no es de guapas|Ser Data Driven No Es De Guapas]] - URL:: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/most-data-work-seems-fundamentally-worthless/ - Finished date:: [[2023-02-27]] ## Highlights > I spent about two years in that role and produced absolutely nothing of value to society, and more strangely, nothing of value to the organisation I was in. I largely produced PowerBI dashboards from awful data sources that I knew no one was looking at - the same people who sent the emails tagged 'URGENT!' and demanded a product ASAP were seemingly unaware that we could view whether anyone actually looked at the work we produced ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9rm9947pzbsjwtybqzhyhx)) > people actually just wanted their spreadsheets delivered faster, and... despair ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9rn5e39haeg1fmwm2pwbya)) > The absolutely fucked up thing is that everyone I've met in this space seems to have totally given up on doing anything meaningful at work ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9rpv0r9ra2pf779wepqa4k)) Porque, de hecho, cómo de fuerte sería pasar de esto?e > What I hadn't really grasped was the degree to which some organisations have grown so absurdly fat that they could afford to dispose of millions of dollars on employees who did *nothing* other than reaffirm a vague commitment to being data driven ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9rr5psk9tzqnq7dd35vmvr)) > It is frequently such a Herculean task to even put together a dataset that represents a clear view of what the organisation is doing that you just can't. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9rs5rx55gm0dgbgazt7qz5)) > They eventually quit their incredibly cushy job and sold books for a few months at a big retail chain - and they said it was incredibly therapeutic. They finally felt they were *doing* something worthwhile, as simple as it was ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9w1zakkdzh4214xap0r74z)) > Quality takes time, and right now, it definitely feels like there isn't much of a place for that in the workplace. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gt9w3wppv0wr0mc438g7qpxc)) ## New highlights added [[2023-12-18]] > Most organisations don't have people with the right incentives and vision to push for real change ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hhvtkk5be23jm8vgqed84z9v))