[OC] How I spent every minute of my PhDSubmitted by FlimsyHuckleberry t3_10jjq41 in dataisbeautiful
Longestnamebeaver t1_j5kyy04 wrote
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This is very aesthetically pleasing. Good job! The tool you picked for visualization was interesting though. Given that your PhD was in computer science, I assumed you would use either R or Python. And just for ease of use, power BI or tableau would be the popular choices to use as well. I’m curious to know why you picked adobe illustrator. I haven’t used it before but I assume it’s a design tool like photoshop? Is it better than BI products like tableau in some way..? And did you use it a lot in your PHD program (which again would be a big surprise for me if you did)
FlimsyHuckleberry OP t1_j5l05rk wrote
Good question. So to be honest, the answer is because for the last few years, it feels like I've done nothing but code (clearly that is not the case). In another life, I took some graphic design classes and fell in love with it. This wasn't a professional project. I wasn't extrapolating any great insights. It was purely for me. And I wanted to go back to messing around with graphic design tools.
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