Madeline Clark

@madelinerclark.com

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she/her 📊 Data professional and German Shepherd owner 🐺 Opinions/views are my own Based out of southern Maine 🫎 🌐 https://madelinerclark.com 🦊 https://github.com/madelinerclark

A red eastern screech owl asleep in a hole in a tree.

Yuki, a white German Shepherd, is lying on the grass just off the edge of a patio next to a planter box. He’s staring directly at the camera, ears up.

Screenshot of a LinkedIn post by Madeline Clark (Senior Data Analyst @ Chegg Skills):

I wanted to share a few personal thoughts on an experience I had earlier this year.
I previously worked at a consulting firm supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. I worked as a senior data analyst on a handful of contracts, but notably I tracked the improvement of software/hardware infrastructure across medical centers for the VHA. For nearly two years I worked on a team filled with highly capable people, both contractors and federal employees, with incredible technical capabilities and a clear understanding of the VA's mission.
On February 25, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency terminated my contract. Nearly 900 VA contracts were terminated that same day, VA Secretary Doug Collins tweeting that the VA wouldn't be "paying consultants to do things like make Power Point [sic] slides and write meeting minutes."
I'm not here to argue that the work I did was important or meaningful because I know it was. Every team I worked on was filled with talented consultants that did incredible work to improve veterans' lives.
I'm also not here to argue whether DOGE's actions have had harmful effects on the government; harm has always been the intent behind them. Russell Vought, director of the OMB and key contributor to Project 2025, called for a heavily defunded and demonized government last October: "When [federal employees] wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains... We want to put them in trauma." Demonizing federal employees and contractors is nothing more than a pretext for DOGE's current actions.

Yukon, a white German Shepherd, walks on an unpaved, snowy path. Snow falls around him as the trees and plants are covered. Photo taken March 24, 2025 in southern Maine.

Screenshot of Madeline Clark (subtitle: Senior Data Analyst @ Chegg Skills) on LinkedIn:

“I'm thrilled to announce that l've started a new position as a Senior Data Analyst at Chegg Inc. as part of their Chegg Skills team! Super excited for this next step!! #LifeatChegg”

Post contains a drawing of a man with a megaphone on an orange background with the text “I joined Chegg” with the subtitle “Starting a New Position.”

An extreme closeup of a white dog’s nose resting on its paws

A top-down view of a 1000 piece puzzle of Bar Harbor. The puzzle showcases the harbor at dusk with several boats on the water, the street lights reflecting on top, with the mountains in the background.

Screenshot from a dbt Labs post on LinkedIn:

“We've heard spreadsheet frustrations from engineers to analysts.

🔴 Metrics don’t match between BI tools and spreadsheets
🔴 Complex calculations take too long to run (or break altogether)
🔴 Static exports leave teams working with outdated data

The dbt Semantic Layer solves these problems by delivering governed, real-time metrics directly into Excel and Google Sheets.

✅ Run complex calculations efficiently, without breaking queries
✅ Ensure consistency—centralized logic eliminates metric drift
✅ Skip static exports—query dbt-defined metrics in real-time

No more slow queries. No more stale data. Just fast, consistent, and trusted metrics—right where they’re needed.

Learn more in the blog (link in comments).”

Post contains a screenshot of a dbt model working within a Google Sheets spreadsheet

Yuki, a white German Shepherd, stands in snow in the middle of the woods. He’s partially obscured by branches.

A snow igloo made in someone’s front yard in Georgia after the snowstorm on January 10; two sleds lie on the clear grass next to it with the bushes having light snow on them.

Yuki, a white German Shepherd, is lying on a rug. His body is pointed away from the camera, but he is looking over his shoulder at the camera.

A photo taken at the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto: stingrays are swimming in a tank with one showing its mouth to the camera.

Yuki, a white German Shepherd, is outside in the snow. A giant snowflake has fallen on his nose, with other snowflakes on his head and back.

Gonzo, the Muppet, leans against a wall with a yellow and black tartan suit. He's also wearing a yellow shirt, a patterned tie, a brown hat, and what appear to be Mary Jane shoes

Yuki, a white German Shepherd, is very close to the camera, his nose in focus.