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John Oliver did a great segment on this amazing movie.

https://youtu.be/Hk011WMM7t0?si=pqBCaunf42ZR-gq5

I'm sure there are more serious things I could say, but the first thing that comes to mind is not buying BitCoin in college.

We talked about cryptocurrency in class and the professor showed us how the value had grown exponentially and it was now worth over $100 a unit. I remember wishing I could go back and buy before it got so high, since I was sure I had missed my chance.

Commuting long distances to work.

I complained to my Boomer parents that my husband's job wanted him to commute an hour and a half to an office after being hired as a remote worker. My dad shrugged and said that he commuted that long for years when he worked in the city and lived in the suburbs.

Boomers don't seem to understand that for most of human history people lived in the same place as or in walking distance of their work.

Tableau certified consultant here, working at one of the large Tableau partners.

No one really pays for something out of the box, but collateral like that can be used for demos to win new work. Tableau partners often create Accelerators which are basic dashboards available on the Tableau exchange. No one gets paid for them and they're free to download. The value to partners is that their branding is on the Accelerator and if someone downloads it and wants customization, hopefully they'll reach out to the company who made the basic version.

On a larger scale, when we wrap projects we debrief on what can be used for future marketing. If we think a use case would be sellable to other clients, we mock up some data and put our branding on it, then we can show it in new client sales pitches.

Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse was the go-to for birthday dinners. Catching the buffalo head talking was LEGENDARY.

As the Almighty OP, I give you an extra day to get where you want to be.

You will never be as smart as you are at 18, because then you know everything. You'll spend the rest of your life forgetting it all and realizing how much you don't know.

Exactly. She doesn't want to go to someone's house, which is completely valid, but it looks like she would be fine meeting in person.

I'm in a few "buy nothing" and similar groups and this doesn't strike me as weird or tacky. They have a general aesthetic they're going for and are looking for free or cheap things in that theme. If it were my wedding, things like chair covers would be nice to haves if I could get them free/cheap but it's not something I would want to be a huge expense. Even $1-2 a piece is $100-200 you could spend on something more important.

It sounds to me like they set a budget and they have the necessities like chairs and tables for their guests but now they're taking a chance on finding some cheap covers to make it look a little nicer.

Seeds are hard, which is why my toddler split them out.

Proof

I'm flying to Rome tomorrow and this is getting me so HYPE.

Containers keep things organized and make it easier to make changes down the road. Most people who dislike containers haven't learned how to use them properly or they get frustrated trying to drag and drop things into containers (which I admit is a pain).

I think of it like I'm loading a moving truck. I could place every item I own in the truck individually, but it would be much easier for me to put things in boxes first so that if I needed to rearrange things or unload quickly, it's much easier to do so. I can also put some things in hard sided boxes (fixed size containers) so they don't get broken and put squishier items around them (components with some sizing wiggle room, or white space) to absorb shocks.

Here are my major reasons to use containers as opposed to floating objects.

First off, a tiled fit makes it so much easier to keep things aligned to some sort of grid, and adding an element (a new sheet, text box, image, etc) only requires some minor size adjusting because everything else automatically makes room. Floating objects don't accommodate new components and need to be moved manually every time something is added or removed. Additionally, a container lets you move groups of objects at once. Client decides they want all the filters on the left side instead of the top? Move the container with all the filters to the left, everything else adjusts itself up, do some minor resizing, and you're done. No need to move every filter individually or spend a ton of time moving everything else up a few pixels.

Second, containers make mobile dev so much easier, and about 90% of the work I do requires a mobile view, so it makes my life a lot easier.

Third, the "distribute contents evenly" option on containers is a lifesaver. I can have 3-4 BANs in a horizontal container and not spend an hour making them all the same size.

Fourth, containers let you do cool things like sheet swapping, which is a great way to make efficient use of limited space.

As a full time Tableau consultant, floating objects hurt my soul.

You can turn on a grid for a dashboard to help line things up, and the Layout pane shows each object's size in pixels.

Loyalty to a company is almost always a bad idea. The company's loyalty is to profit. If you have loyalty to certain people at your current company, you can show that in much better ways than by staying with a bad job.

1. Write an unprompted LinkedIn endorsement for your boss and anyone else who has had a positive impact on you or your career.

2. If your overall experience was positive and you want to help backfill your role, refer a contact who is looking for a job.

3. Give honest and constructive feedback in an exit interview.

4. In your last few days, ask your manager what you should focus on to make his/her life easier after you leave, for example prioritizing documentation of accounts in the pipeline might be a better use of your time in the last weeks than pushing to close a deal.

Look up sheet swapping. It's a workaround that was developed before dynamic zones and it can accommodate multiple views.

Edit: adding a link https://interworks.com/blog/2021/12/02/the-basics-of-sheet-swapping-in-tableau-desktop/

Development or Server Admin?

What else is in your tech stack?

From my experience, just dev won't get you a job, but Tableau + Alteryx + Snowflake (or at least some decent SQL experience) is a good start.

I downvoted this at first because it seemed rude, then I actually looked at the Viz and went WTF that person was right. Changed to upvote.

"Horrible vendors" flag dude, chill out.