Data Stories: Career Highs and Lows
Use these visualizations to explore career success, what makes a career a dead end, and gender differences in careers over time.
- By Upside Staff
- September 5, 2018
![Kellogg Insight](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2018/09/090518Vizstreak.jpg)
Is there such a thing as being on a “hot streak”? The researchers at Kellogg Insight charted the careers of thousands of scientists, artists, and film directors and looked for patterns of success.
![Dead end careers](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2018/09/090518Vizdeadend.jpg)
The tech and data industries are home to many successful careers, but which industries are most likely to lead to a dead-end? Career advice website Zippia charted expected lifetime earnings across major industry categories and looked for common threads in the lowest performers.
![flowing data](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2018/09/090518Vizgendercareer.jpg)
As the demographics of work (particularly white collar work) have shifted, so have some jobs changed from being primarily men to primarily women, and vice versa. Flowing Data provides a series of interactive charts you can use to explore this phenomenon.