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When Isn't Automation Worth It?
The Latest From Pipeline: Your Data Engineering ResourceHi past, present or future data professional! Have you heard about the programmer who successfully automated his job to the point where he did no work for 5 years? Unfortunately, automation efforts are rarely this comprehensive—or successful. In fact, spending time on automation often results in a time sink, requiring more time to conceive and create the automation than time it saves you. In the latest from Pipeline, I provide a simple formula to determine ROI on automation. I also share successes—and failures—to inspire you to think critically before attempting to put any aspect of your job (or even the whole thing!) on autopilot. Read the story here. Until next time - thanks for ingesting, -Zach |
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Reaching 20k+ readers on Medium and over 3k learners by email, I draw on my 4 years of experience as a Senior Data Engineer to demystify data science, cloud and programming concepts while sharing job hunt strategies so you can land and excel in data-driven roles. Subscribe for 500 words of actionable advice every Thursday.
Hi fellow data professional! If you read my note on Tuesday you’ll know I’m coming off of the data engineering week from hell that seeped into my personal life, and delayed the launch of something cool I was planning to share with you; if you want to know more about that, scroll to the end of this message. Last week a flagship data source had a major problem and since it’s within my ownership area, I was the one with the knowledge and responsibility to fix it. I wanted to share the experience...
Hi fellow data professional! Hardly a work day goes by without receiving a request from a data analyst. They range from the mundane “Can you add this column?” to the occasional emergency “The data didn’t load all weekend and the leadership call starts in 15 minutes!” At the end of a jam-packed week I received an unusual request: Help with a Python script. My teammate wanted to know: Best practices How to commit to GitHub What the best way to deploy is They admitted the task was simple,...
Hi fellow data professional! It finally happened. I fell for a job scam. Luckily I realized my naivety after responding to the initial email. But let’s back up. We’ll examine Why this particular attempt was so “real” What made me skeptical How to prevent this from happening to you Established professionals in any field have the privileged problem of receiving unsolicited recruiter inquiries. If it’s from a random firm I typically move it to junk; if it’s a big name company, I give a look...