Even Smart People Make Terrible Data Modeling Decisions

I was doing a bit of data analysis, and the resulting numbers didn’t quite add up.

I double-checked my queries. Had I goofed in my sql? Nope. Next, I looked into if some of the data was in an inconsistent state.

What I found was worse than what I’d imagined. As a data person, it made me feel sad and icky.

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