This week’s episode is a great one if you feel like you could use some guidance in your data career. For EP 24, I chatted with Scott Breitenother, Founder and CEO of Brooklyn Data Co., a data and analytics consultancy that helps your team build a full modern data stack specific to your needs.

While Scott might be deemed “unhireable”, the skills he gained during his early years of management consulting experience (conducting quantitative analysis, structuring unstructured problems, and creating something out of nothing) are what makes Brooklyn Data Co. so good at what they do. In the episode, we take a look at Scott’s career journey, what makes management consulting so intense, the importance of tool conventions, prioritizing career learning over your salary, why your track record and wisdom are more important than your title, and how to empower others through data.