65: Why You Don't Need to be a Data Viz Unicorn to Have a Fulfilling Career— Featuring Amanda Makulec

It's easy to think you have to be the master at D3 and also have the design eye of an artist in order to have a fulfilling data viz career, but that has not been my experience, nor the experience of my guest today Amanda Makulec who is the Data Visualization Society's Executive Director. She's heard her fair share of data viz origin stories, frustrations, and career pro tips, so I asked her to come on the show and share with us her golden advice on navigating a data viz career (spoiler alert: you don't need to be a unicorn!). Show notes: https://dataviztoday.com/shownotes/65

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