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An Example of Poor Domain Knowledge and Analytics

February 26, 2019 Analytics No Comments

While at a recent conference I picked up a professional looking survey summary. It highlighted the importance of having domain knowledge when compiling research. Especially later for the Data Cleaning step. This one appeared high quality, having heavy glossy paper and close to 40 pages. Unfortunately a few errors made…

As a Job Seeker – Is There Too Much Data?

January 30, 2019 Getting Hired Hiring Process No Comments

I recently visited one of the big job boards and was blown away that it claimed that there were 2,245 Sales Engineering jobs open within 25 miles of San Francisco. Based on past experiences this was so out of touch that I didn’t bother signing up for the site. What…

So What is Purposeful Learning?

January 28, 2019 Attitude No Comments

In a few of my posts I’ve mentioned purposeful learning. I now realize that not everyone knows what I am referring to. If you’ve ever tried to learn something in theory just for the sake of knowing it you might have better insight. Especially if you later had a reason…

A Heartfelt Goodbye to PagerDuty

January 15, 2019 Random Notes No Comments

The past year and a half have been more than interesting. As part of that journey, the past 6 months have been spent at PagerDuty. While there I made a lot of new friends, solved interesting problems in creative ways, built some great professional relationships. I also learned a lot,…

How To Build a System Workbench

January 1, 2019 High Level Tech Intro Startups No Comments

With the growth of the Cloud, fewer and fewer people actually put their hands on hardware. But there are times that a cash-strapped startup, consultant or a frugal hobbyist/entrepreneur will want to get a MVP (Minimally Viable Product) up and running without having the recurring expense of deploying in the…

Are You Asking Questions the Right Way?

December 28, 2018 Analytics No Comments

I just took a couple of BlockChain courses at edX and was dismayed to see that the test questions were being asked in a way that skewed people’s scores the wrong way. It also reminded me of one of the companies I used to work for and how they also…

Can You Learn from the Cloud and Be More Secure?

November 30, 2018 High Level Tech Intro No Comments

The Internet has been described as the Wild West. It is expansive, diverse and chaotic. In old Westerns a new visitor to town often learned important details by talking to the local saloon bartender. Everyone tended to pass through for a drink. So the bartender saw and overheard a lot…

Does That Startup Have a Bright Future?

October 18, 2018 Getting Hired Startups No Comments

If you are looking to join a firm that is either planning to go public or be acquired, how do you analyze the risk level? It used to be that a “startup” was a small firm, low in employee count, where there was a clear risk. These days firms…

Yes, but Is Google Your Best Friend?

September 30, 2018 High Level Tech Intro No Comments

I was having a very interesting conversation with someone in our Marketing Department about the cadence of marketing and the over-abundance of technical content that exists today. This got me thinking that I need to take a closer look at how the consumers of the content I am tasked with…

About Me – I Don’t Aim To Go Viral

September 28, 2018 Attitude Random Notes No Comments

So when I wrote my “about me” page I did specify that I didn’t create my blog to rant. (And of course I disclosed that I am a Fastly Fanboy.) But one thing that I didn’t mention was that I am not looking to create viral content. Recently I’ve reached…