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Product Reviews: Part 11 - Amazon reviewer rankings have disappeared

Two weeks ago, I reached a milestone of 850 reviews at Amazon, and I noticed for the first time that reviewer rankings have disappeared. About 6 months ago, I had commented that my ranking had been hovering around #3000 for quite some time, and that my ranking had continued to

Community Post: Part 2 - Without "conflict", there's no "colleague"

* "Colleague", "co-worker" & "teammate" * Surprising word origin of "colleague" * Root word means "to arrive together" * Without "conflict", there's no "colleague" A well-received community post I recently made: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erikgfesser_career-wordorigin-respect-activity-6998107676408770560-dHt_

Personal Reading List: 4Q2022

My personal reading list for October, November, and December 2022. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) Certification, by Kate Gawron, Packt Publishing, 2022. Copy provided by Packt publicist Nivedita Singh. The Ideal Executive: Why You Cannot Be One

New Book Review: "Running with Purpose"

New book review for Running with Purpose: How Brooks Outpaced Goliath Competitors to Lead the Pack, by Jim Weber, HarperCollins Leadership, 2022: Copy provided by Amazon. One of the unique aspects of this book is the author's explanation of the history and purpose behind writing it in the

Media Query Source: Part 41 - CIO (US digital magazine); Today's most notable data strategy trend

* CIO (US digital magazine) * Today's most notable data strategy trend * Data lakehouse adoption * Combination of data lake & data warehouse The responses I provided to a media outlet on October 17, 2022: Media: What is today's most notable data strategy trend? Gfesser: Data lakehouse adoption. Media:

Community Comment: Part 24 - Self-service data product use cases exist, with caveats

* Self-service data product use cases exist, with caveats * Users need to know what they're doing * Stakeholders need to be aware of benefits & drawbacks * Some commercial products (e.g. Power BI) introduce unique risks The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Owner & Data

Community Comment: Part 23 - Architecture diagrams can often mislead

* Architecture diagrams can often mislead * Databricks isn't a storage solution * Databricks is a Hadoop successor * Both ETL and ELT involve input & ouput The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Product Manager at Data Modeling Product Firm: It's interesting how data storage

Community Comment: Part 22 - The phrase "it depends" is still relevant!

* The phrase "it depends" still relevant * Decisional factors need to be accounted * Never bow to unjustified pressure * Your clients & customers will thank you The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. CEO at Consulting Firm: Software meetings best practices: ❌ Never say: Never. ✅ Always say:

Community Comment: Part 21 - Premature optimization is root of all evil, with caveats

* Premature optimization is root of all evil, with caveats * This maxim often taken out of context * Functional correctness is first priority * Expected workloads impact architecture The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. CEO at ELT Platform Firm: NEVER focus on load times when you first stand

Personal Reading List: 3Q2022

My personal reading list for July, August, and September 2022. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) Certification, by Kate Gawron, Packt Publishing, 2022. Copy provided by Packt publicist Nivedita Singh. Machine Learning Engineering in Action, by Ben Wilson,