When I started using Alteryx in late 2016, I was still new to being in an analytics role. Before Alteryx, I filled my days modifying Business Objects reports and distribution lists. After a 4 hour training session on Alteryx, I realized this platform can help us solve a previously unsolvable problem of providing self-service data solutions with Analytic Apps paired with an Alteryx Server. Through Alteryx I reverse engineered my analytics career becoming a data analyst, a data engineer, and a developer. I moved through the ranks quickly and was promoted 8 times in 7 years. Now I am an Alteryx trainer at Data Meaning, an Alteryx partner.