Are you an analyst or data scientist at a large organisation?
Raise your hand if you’ve ever come across these head-scratchers:
- Finding data felt like going on a Sherlock expedition.
- Understanding data lineage was impossibly frustrating.
- Accessing data became a showdown with the red tape monster.
Here’s a common quip I hear from citizen and professional analysts alike:
“Those data governance guys sure know how to make life interesting…”
It’s time to cut them some slack.
Drawing from my experience as an engineer and data scientist at one of Australia’s banking giants for half a decade, I’ve had the privilege of straddling both sides of this heated fence: being a hungry consumer of data while simultaneously standing as a gatekeeper for others.