I am a policy guy who was once an engineer. And thus whenever, I find data, I try to visualize it. Of course, I also want it to be acknowledged. But I have done at least two projects in recent years and realized that no one liked them. To that end, I will like your opinion, how do you think what you will do will garner interest?<p>This is different from building a library / api / start up. I am just trying to put up data to make an impact.<p>A project I thought was deeply interesting was how mean quant GRE scored changed over the years as compared to PISA scores. I thought this was interesting, but it was clearly not, across HN and other places I shared it: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNjhiYmZmODktM2VhZC00NDNkLWJmZGUtMzYyZWQ3YzdlMWIwIiwidCI6Ijg4OWYxNTI3LWQ4MzYtNGFhNy1iMzE4LTIzYWYwMTUxMGQxYiIsImMiOjl9&pageName=ReportSection
Work with/within a given group(s)/context(s), ideally align/match what trying to do with group context. aka defined group parameters can help narrow down the 'luck' involved in garnering interest.<p>Perhaps check out a few historical inventions/inventors:<p>[0] : <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/284158_townes.html" rel="nofollow">https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/284158_townes.html</a><p>[1] : <a href="https://www.invent.org/blog/inventors/Legacy-Steve-Sasson" rel="nofollow">https://www.invent.org/blog/inventors/Legacy-Steve-Sasson</a> (didn't stick to the fax : <a href="https://faxauthority.com/fax-history/" rel="nofollow">https://faxauthority.com/fax-history/</a> )<p>[2] : <a href="https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/transist.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/transist.htm</a>