How to Explain What You Do for a Living

Analytics engineering analogies to help answer the most dreaded holiday question

You’re at a holiday party mingling with co-workers, family, or even friends of friends. You have a glass of sparkling water with a splash of cranberry juice (because I love a mocktail) in your hand, the lights twinkle around you, and you hear the sweet hum of a voice singing chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

Some people you don’t recognize come up to …