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How To Use Your Data Superpowers To Gain Financial Independence

(Without Selling Your Soul)

Sean McMinn

@shmcminn

#NICAR19 ⚡️ Talks

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“You get to leave, go talk to strangers, ask them anything, come back, type up their stories, edit the tape. That’s not gonna retire your loans as quickly as it should, and it’s not going to turn you into a person who’s worried about what kind of car they should buy, but that’s kind of as it should be. I mean, it beats working.”

-David Carr, NYT media columnist

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“You get to leave, go talk to strangers, ask them anything, come back, type up their stories, edit the tape. That’s not gonna retire your loans as quickly as it should, and it’s not going to turn you into a person who’s worried about what kind of car they should buy, but that’s kind of as it should be. I mean, it beats working.”

-David Carr, NYT media columnist

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But that’s kind of as it should be.

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Data Superpower #1

We Know Not All Relationships Are Linear

Stuff

Happiness

Survival

Comfort

Luxury

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Data Superpower #1

We Know Not All Relationships Are Linear

Stuff

Happiness

Survival

Comfort

Luxury

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Data Superpower #1

We Know Not All Relationships Are Linear

Stuff

Happiness

Survival

Comfort

Luxury

ENOUGH!

Wasted money

:(

Fulfillment Curve,

Vicki Robin

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Data Superpower #2

Our Skills Earn Us More $$$

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$0

$100K

$50K

Median U.S. salary

$46K

Median journalist salary

$52K

Source: BLS, Soo Oh

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$0

$100K

$50K

Median U.S. salary

$46K

Median news nerd (non-manager)

journalist salary

$75K

Median journalist salary

$52K

Source: BLS, Soo Oh

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https://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2016-economic-well-being-of-us-households-in-2015-Income-and-Savings.htm

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Data Superpower #3