Constructing a Career in Data Visualization: The How

Learning data viz requires doing data viz—here are some tips to get you started

Illustration by Allison Horst

In my first essay, I touted my status as a “self-taught” designer and developer — this was a lie. Or rather, a mischaracterization, for almost no one is self-taught. Perhaps you can remain truly self-taught if you stick to books — this is how…