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Seems like you could spin up a side project business that has a simple solution to their problem but charges enough to soak up their whole budget. Everybody is happy!


Have to provide enough bits and twiddles to allow the dept head to hire his favorite people and you're right. This is basically what Tableau et al have done. There are enough buttons that you can have a few "Tableau guys", and you don't have to hire custom grapher guys.




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