Did you know that before Schrödinger shoved a cat into a box he was experimenting with putting spreadsheets to file shares and creating client records in CRM systems? I know, I couldn’t believe it either. So what did he find out? In Schrödinger’s late 20s, when he worked as first Data Management Consultant, he realisedContinue reading “Schrödinger’s data”
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The ambiguous landscape of technology and its terminology
You hear terminology like DevOps, Data Lake, Big Data, Data Science, DataOps all around. But what are those? One thing you can do is to google them, right? I just googled “Data Lake”, so you don’t have to. You are welcome. The first two ads were for technology vendors, the third ad was from anContinue reading “The ambiguous landscape of technology and its terminology”
Getting into Data field if you are not in tech
“Data science pays boatload of $$$. I want exactly that boatload of $$$.” You’ll start searching “Data science tutorial”, “How to do data science?” and Google will throw at you Python, R, unsupervised vs supervised learning etc. If you are not already a developer, technical analyst of some kind, I would say it’s not aContinue reading “Getting into Data field if you are not in tech”
ROI on data analytics* – AFGAQ
There are many ways how to pet a cat. Obviously, the belly rub is at the top. Similarly, there is plenty of ways how to try to calculate ROI on your data analytics solution/function. Of course, mostly you will see ROI in phrases as “Get ROI on your data analytics.” etc. on the first pagesContinue reading “ROI on data analytics* – AFGAQ”
Challenges of data engineering people don’t talk about
Imagine yourself being a data engineer. You wake up with birds chirping outside. Feeling fresh, so you quickly brush your teeth and take a shower. On a way to work you grab yourself a nice latte from your favourite coffee place. The one which you smell already before you turn the corner. The indistinguishable smellContinue reading “Challenges of data engineering people don’t talk about”
ETL vs ELT
Have you seen something like “Future is ELT!“, “ETL is dead! Long live EL(T)!” etc.? and you wonder what is it about? TL;DR; There is no point in distinguishing them! “One is Extract, Transform, Load. The other one Extract, Load, Transform. They are not the same you silly thing.” you say. Let’s break it down.Continue reading “ETL vs ELT”
Data science and fitness, part 1
An ad on youtube pops up. A model who was exercising for the last 15 years with a personal trainer and a dietician, spending the last three days on a water fast asks you: “Do you want a six-pack in just six weeks?!” “Don’t mind if I do!”. You shout enthusiastically. Seeing yourself shredding some cheddarContinue reading “Data science and fitness, part 1”
Is data an asset or a liability?
The analogy of data being new oil is used a lot, with the idea that you somehow “found it” and all the sudden, you are rich. I’ve also seen a statement that data is an asset because it has real and measurable value. It slightly suggests that collecting data might be somehow similar to owningContinue reading “Is data an asset or a liability?”
Data is a footprint and why intentionality matters
In some cases, animals intend to leave something behind for others, like urine marking, in other cases they don’t. Or at least there is not much of a benefit of a deer leaving a trail in the snow unless it has some suicidal tendencies. Same as animal footprints, data has been left by a person,Continue reading “Data is a footprint and why intentionality matters”
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