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by karishmakunder 2125 days ago
Absolutely agree. It reminds me of an article that I read, had the statistics of Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data rather than creating insights.

Curious to know, did you in any ways accomplish to standardise the way data was collected/ stored?

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It's more like 90%.

On existing processes, standardizing collection has been nearly impossible unless I promised that it would be easier, it will take less time, and I'll do all the setup. It always takes leadership backing, and if I don't get it from one leader, I go over their head to the next.

On new processes, if I jump forward and volunteer, I find I'm given leeway to do it my way- that is, a standardized way.

If this sounds ruthless, it is.

It is, what it is :)