Really great talk from Joseph Machado of Netflix sharing hard won data engineering practices - "Moving fast and not causing chaos". Check out openxdata.ai/
Re-reading Good to Great. Had forgotten about The Hedgehog Concept and on re-reading was struck that it feels similar to Ikigai. A quick search & found this article: medium.com/@slowwco/ikigai-v…
This article from Andy Walker resonates a lot. andzwa.medium.com/vision-the…
Worth a watch if you're interested in data discovery, data lineage, and whats coming next on Unity Catalog.
databricks.com/dataaisummit/…
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1/ Thrilled to announce: Our new course ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers, created together with @OpenAI, is available now for free! Access it here: deeplearning.ai/short-course…
What's the big idea? Last week I asked chatgpt to summarise some work books I've read. I tried some variants but the answers were banal.
Read this today: "Summarizing well requires the ability to recognize and highlight insight." apenwarr.ca/log/20230415
Ask better questions...
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On Writing is the first book any writer should read.
7 simple-not-easy insights to become a better writer:
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One of the best ways to enhance your learning of anything is to teach it.
Teaching forces you to clarify your thinking, organize your knowledge, and communicate effectively.
Teaching also exposes you to different perspectives and questions that can deepen your understanding.
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A few decades ago, when we left the office, there was no way to continue working.
Leaving the office allowed us to switch off work mode.
Now, work is always with us. It's one reason why burnout is so high.
Create your own constraints on when the work day ends.
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🎬 Big Data LDN 2022 Seminar: Panel Debate - Rise Of The #DataEngineer
Speakers:
@MrSiWhiteley, @AdvAnalyticsUK (chair)
Con Conlon, @Meritdatatech
@codek1, @hubbinsure
@AdiPolak, @lakeFS
@chairlord, @NationalHways
🎥 WATCH: youtu.be/drMo5MtQehI
#BigDataLDN #DataEngineering
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🎬 Big Data LDN 2022 Seminar: Harness Your Customer Data With A Composable Customer Data Platform (#CDP)
Speaker:
Yali Sassoon, @snowplow
🎥 WATCH: youtu.be/JcpoWNBToFw
#BigDataLDN
Good thread on open standards. In the data engineering / platform space I'm aware of @OpenLineage which looks really useful.
A set of open standards principles. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Another time, another place... Worked in and around this story from 1989 to 1999. Within Panasonic, we kicked off a project called Electronic Magazine in 1992 that evolved into DVD (patents for the DVD menu / navigation system came from the Owl team).
OWL Guide, early hypertext, and "replacing" the Web
lobste.rs/s/dhij09 #browsers #historical
oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/01/…
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SLOs are the API between business and engineering. You can argue all day about spending your cycles on features or resiliency, and no one will ever win or feel good about it.
OR, you can negotiate a number that you all buy in to and agree comes first.
alex-hidalgo.com/the-slo-boo…
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Most people overinvest in expiring skills & underinvest in permanent skills.
Expiring skills are tactical; their relevance diminishes with time and technology
Permanent skills are evergreen and create disproportionate impact
E.g. communication, judgement, trust, empathy
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There's no shame in not knowing things! It's Okay to say "I don't know"
The only shame is to pretend that we know everything. 🧠
