[Data modelling jobs career] The analogy with architecture is particularly appropriate because architects are designers and data modeling is also a design activity. In design, we do not expect to find a single correct answer, although we will certainly be able to identify many that are patently incorrect. Two data modelers (or architects) given the same set of requirements may produce quite different solutions. Data modeling is not just a simple process of "documenting requirements" though it is sometimes portrayed as such. Several factors contribute to the possibility of there being more than one workable model for most practical situations. First, we have a choice of what symbols or codes we use to represent real-world facts in the database. A person's age could be represented by Birth Date, Age at Date of Policy Issue, or even by a code corresponding to a range ("H" could mean "born between 1961 and 1970"). Second, there is usually more ...