@[email protected]

Ex-DBA, now Data Engineer. Other data professionals are available. Eat, snooze, run, code, repeat. Who am I kidding - I neither run nor code.

[@[email protected] @sql_unicorn]

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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@kevdog @JenMsft I forget, but it probably had swearing in it. :-)

[Shay Loko @jobswithshay]

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.

// 🧵a thread🧵//

[Grant Fritchey @GFritchey]

Raise your hand if this looks familiar

[@[email protected] @sql_unicorn]

🤓 💙

[@[email protected] @sql_unicorn]

O M F G ! That’s a whole load of deep nerd stuff right there. And I am *so* here for this content.

[Microsoft SQL @SQLServer]

You can now tailor models to a specific query when using Cardinality Estimation Feedback in #SQLServer2022!

Learn more about model variants: https://t.co/amtjqv41kA

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

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.

[Justyna Lucznik @JustynaLucznik]

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 https://t.co/ajFrhZ990V

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#redflag : when an employer says that they “define an industry standard term as”…

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@yortw So, one applicant is both 💯 of applicants and also the top 1%. Nice 😊

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AWS. For when you don’t need stuff, but have massive tech #fomo in your C-suite.

[Adam Selipsky @aselipsky]

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!

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@BuckWoodyMSFT That is *such* a localised tweet. It probably has its own collation.

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But nor is being overruled by an Architect and being forced to take a path that you strongly argued against, so I guess 🤷‍♂️

[@[email protected] @sql_unicorn]

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 ??

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I mean, none of that is in the official description of the role…
https://t.co/OAi0loeRFg

[Azure Cosmos DB @AzureCosmosDB]

Create an #AzureCosmosDB for #PostgreSQL cluster in the #Azure portal

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃 Try the quickstart now: https://t.co/a11d74dnMG

[Roshan Patel @roshanpateI]

Life hack: give yourself 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day.

[@[email protected] @sql_unicorn]

oOOoo ! This looks fun ! @Azure_Synapse and @AzureCosmosDB working together 🧡 #sqlfamily

[Azure Cosmos DB @AzureCosmosDB]

👀 ICYMI: Enabling analytics with Azure Synapse Link is on demand

🎥 WATCH NOW
https://t.co/rajy9v2Rqf"

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@rebeccamakkai Wait…what ? It was a parrot that told the boss of Twitter to fuck off with the $20 blue tick thing ??!?

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Turns out asking someone not to be a gatekeeping dickhead is on my todo list…