{"id":795,"date":"2014-10-02T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T15:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?p=795"},"modified":"2015-01-02T17:08:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T22:08:35","slug":"research-analyst-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-episode-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/2014\/10\/research-analyst-a-dirty-job-but-somebody-has-to-do-it-episode-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Analyst: A Dirty Job, But Somebody Has To Do It &#8211; Episode 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-798\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-798 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stu Miniman on a panel at VMworld 2014\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o-680x1024.jpg 680w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o-300x451.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o-139x210.jpg 139w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10547400_10203531031849378_433111805024641641_o.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stu Miniman on a panel at the vBrownbag Opening Acts at VMworld 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We talk with Stu Miniman, research analyst at Wikibon, about the daily practice of being\u00a0an analyst.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7018\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-795-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>Some of the topics we covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial analysts vs research analysts<\/li>\n<li>Journalists vs analysts &#8211; no suit vs suit?<\/li>\n<li>Analysts provide tools to figure out how to adopt new technology.<\/li>\n<li>Stu&#8217;s focus is to say something that is useful to the end IT user<\/li>\n<li>Amy asks: Are analysts from the Dark Side of the Force? Or are vendors?<\/li>\n<li>Wikibon has services for vendors that fund their business and they are open about where their revenue comes from &#8211; they try to take money from all sides.<\/li>\n<li>Wikibon also tries to leverage the wisdom of the crowd<\/li>\n<li>If everyone has an asshole and an opinion, can they also be an analyst?<\/li>\n<li>Difference between a journalist and an analyst: journalists want information; analysts give a lot of feedback back to the vendors they talk to.<\/li>\n<li>Stu started as an engineer &#8211; and has done customer support, inside sales, outside sales, gotten an MBA, engineering &amp; operations, worked at the Office of the CTO at EMC<\/li>\n<li>Vendor technologists can&#8217;t share most of what they&#8217;re working on; research analysts can share much more.<\/li>\n<li>The best stories are from IT peers. Look for those taking the early leaps.<\/li>\n<li>Social connections and his network help keep Stu informed.<\/li>\n<li>Stu is trying to spend more time with fewer people &#8211; better signal to noise.<\/li>\n<li>A Day In The Life Of An Analyst: it&#8217;s a lot of talking. Digging around, talking to vendors and end users. A lot of reading. A lot of internal debate. There&#8217;s no week that&#8217;s the same. Could be a lot of reading, could be on the road at conferences with theCUBE.<\/li>\n<li>Stu covers a range of technologies &#8211; helps mix up the conversations and keeps it interesting.<\/li>\n<li>A fair amount of travel is involved: Stu does 25%, but most analysts do much more.<\/li>\n<li>Wikibon is hiring! If you&#8217;re interested. They are looking for folks with domain expertise.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have a thick skin, don&#8217;t be an analyst. Vendors don&#8217;t like it when you tell them their baby is ugly. You never are going to please everyone. You&#8217;ve got to want to learn.<\/li>\n<li>At Wikibon, they try to make information free and shared to all.<\/li>\n<li>They talk to both marketing teams and product teams.<\/li>\n<li>Find Stu on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stu\">@stu<\/a>, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wikibon.org\">Wikibon.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/siliconangle.tv\">SiliconAngle.tv<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-797\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-797 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o\" width=\"642\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o-210x157.jpg 210w, http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10531395_10152747464061349_298748019336605036_o.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Geek Whisperers getting ready to record this podcast at VMworld 2014. Amy is taking the picture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7017\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-795-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=795-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/geek_whisperers\/geek-whisperers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Geek-Whisperers-Stu-Miniman-Ep-60.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/geek-whisperers.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talk with Stu Miniman, research analyst at Wikibon, about the daily practice of being\u00a0an analyst. 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