Cynical Data Guy Roams Free: Ranting on Joe Reis’s Podcast

Kind of Cynical Data Guy #3

The Cynical Data Guy has been busy.

First, I hijacked The Data Stack Show and turned the tables on Eric Dodds, longtime host and professional question-asker. We got into how a marketer ended up running product at a tech startup, mostly because after working with him for over a year, I wanted to know how he did it.

Then, I made my first non-Data Stack Show podcast appearance, on

Joe Reis

podcast, where we covered the important topics: when your job starts feeling too much like a Dilbert comic, the fine art of people confidently posting on LinkedIn about things they know nothing about, and—because we’re nothing if not well-rounded—an extended discussion about notebooks, fountain pens, and the radical concept of writing on actual paper.

Give it a listen (or watch the video). If enough people do, I might even get invited back to share more of my unsolicited opinions.

231: From Pre-Med to Product Strategy: Eric Dodds’ Journey in Data and Startups