Data Engineer Blog 0x001B — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts: How the purpose of the work determines what your focus should be. — I’ve been thinking about how I make decisions when we’re looking at requirements. For example, how does someone know what to focus on and what work should be done to solve an issue? Client Focus How does the issue impact the client? Looking at the problem and how it affects a client…

Data Engineer Blog 0x001A — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts: Knowing yourself and your limits are essential to succeed in life and work. — ** DISCLAIMER ** I am not a psychologist nor mental health professional. This post provides my story and what I have learned to help myself.. If you have the means, I recommend seeking professional help first. Introduction Hello everyone! I hope you all had a productive week. What’s that, you’re tired…

Data Engineer Blog 0x0019 — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts — Introduction Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful work week, and I wish you a restful weekend. This week a colleague and I were talking about the role of QA. We’re trying to figure out internal processes and how we want to tackle gaps that we see in our current…

Data Engineer Blog 0x0018 (2022–03–05) — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts Reporting As a data engineer, I have a love-hate relationship with reporting. I consider myself more of a mechanic than an artist, and being that said; I don’t know if my reporting skills are up to snuff sometimes. The first time…

Data Engineer Blog 0x0017 — Saturday Morning Coffee Hello everyone! First of all, thank you for your patience. Last week I posted a thank you to all of you. Medium asked me to obtain 100 followers to keep the Partnership Program. …

We reached 100 followers! – Data Engineer Blog 0x0016 (2022–02–19) Saturday Morning Coffee — I want to thank all of you who followed me here on Medium. I set as a goal last year that I would write a blog post every Saturday, and what has kept me motivated has been having an audience. I know some of the topics might not resonate with…

Data Engineer Blog 0x0015 (2022–02–12): Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts — What’s data streaming anyway? — Disclaimer: This article has affiliate links. It’s for books on the subject. I get a small kickback if you click and buy from the Amazon link. News! A new episode of the Data Engineers Canada podcast will release on February 15, 2022, at 6:00 AM. Be on the lookout for that…

Data Engineer Blog 0x0014 (2022–02–05): Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts — A newfound love ❤️ Disclaimer: This article has affiliate links. It’s for books on the subject. If you click and buy from the Amazon link I get a small kickback. Ah, February, sigh. The month that I can’t spell half…