 Many businesses waste the time of some of their most expensive workers (accountants, managers) manually converting data from one format to another when a professional, like me, can achieve the same result at a fraction of the cost. For a small once-off task the cost of these lost hours may not be significant, but when repeated day after day, month after month, the benefits of using a professional service or having the process automated becomes more pronounced. Examples:
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Master Datasmith? Well, I could style myself a data analyst/systems integrator/reporting analyst/DBA/business analyst/programmer but I'd end up all /'d out. I hope the term datasmith conveys the craft nature of my work with data, for it is a craft that I'm particularly good at (hence the master adjective) and also take great pride in. Read more ... Gobán Saor My father who came from a long line of stone masons and master builders, told me many of these stories and also used to take me to a magical island in our local bogland that he called the Gobán Saor’s island. (Now better known as the discovery place of the Derrynaflan Chalice ). Continuing in the tradition of freelance craftsman (data mason rather than stone mason) I’ve used gobansaor as my nom de plume in forums, online apps etc. over the years, partially to keep a tradition alive but to be honest usually because I’m sure nobody else will have taken the name already  |
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