Ex-DBA, now Data Engineer. Other data professionals are available. Eat, snooze, run, code, repeat. Who am I kidding - I neither run nor code.
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Will the last person to leave this site please leave all the lights and servers on ?
I’m done.
#mastondon profile in my username.
Hope to see you there. If not, please reach out any other way except here.
Be excellent to each other.
R.
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10 things you need to AVOID saying at all costs in job interviews:
P.S use number 10 as a hack in all of your interviews.
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O M F G ! That’s a whole load of deep nerd stuff right there. And I am *so* here for this content.
You can now tailor models to a specific query when using Cardinality Estimation Feedback in #SQLServer2022!
Learn more about model variants: msft.it/6014eGzsu
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To put in context multi millionaire Nadhim Zahawi threatening nurses & ambulance paramedics with bringing in soldiers to break their strike, it’s worth remembering his expenses claim which included heating his horses’ stables was more than a nurse on starting pay is asking for.
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Excited to share we have just released a new #Synapse runtime for Apache Spark! You can now use #Spark 3.3.1 and #Delta 2.1.1 in preview! #SynapseAnalytics learn.microsoft.com/en-us/az…
AWS. For when you don’t need stuff, but have massive tech #fomo in your C-suite.
A few #reInvent announcements!
• AWS Supply Chain: improves visibility into systems to lower costs & improve #CX.
• Amazon DataZone: helps orgs catalog, share, & govern data.
• Amazon Security Lake: centralizes security data for quick risk response.
More ahead!
ALT Adam Selipsky on stage at re:Invent.
Existential question:
Should a Data Engineer know how to :
…code APIs in .Net ?
…maintain a CI/CD pipeline ?
…have a deep knowledge of Terraform ?
Am I missing something ??
I mean, none of that is in the official description of the role…
gov.uk/guidance/data-enginee…
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Create an #AzureCosmosDB for #PostgreSQL cluster in the #Azure portal
🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃 Try the quickstart now: learn.microsoft.com/azure/co…
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Life hack: give yourself 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day.
👀 ICYMI: Enabling analytics with Azure Synapse Link is on demand
🎥 WATCH NOW
mybuild.microsoft.com/en-US/…"
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Dear #PowerShell friends, we need your help!
Tell us what you would like to read inside your #PSConfEU 2023 mug?
For PSConfEU 2022, it was [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()], what should we have next?
Distributed #PostgreSQL comes to #AzureCosmosDB
We’re excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a new Generally Available service to build cloud-native relational applications. Powered by @citusdata.
devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmo…
