Are you a data hound? This is not something you can easily fake. You are or you ain’t. And with just one simple question, I can tell if you are.

Don’t you just love the smell of fresh data in the morning? 

If you have a bewildered look on your face or find the question absurd in and of itself, quite sadly, you are not part of the club. If you immediately started remembering your last encounter with a fresh dataset and unsuccessfully tried to hide your smile, you are one of us.

We are, I admit, an odd lot. I belong to the particular sub-species Locus Canis Notitia. But just in case you still aren’t sure, here is a test you can take to see if you or someone you work with, might be a data hound.

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