Good article, but the spreadsheet/database skills did not seem to be the real story. Yes, very useful, and powerful, but LOTS of people have developed those sk

Good article, but the spreadsheet/database skills did not seem to be the real story. Yes, very useful, and powerful, but LOTS of people have developed those skills. Instead, I found myself asking, "Where did the data come from?" He asked for it. Who did he ask? The power of the story seemed to me to be that he asked a powerful question, figured out how to get the data to answer that question, and then figured out what skills he'd need to sift the data.