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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

Media Query Source: Part 45 - Reworked (US digital magazine); OpenAI & the Databricks-Microsoft AI alliance

* Reworked (US digital magazine) * OpenAI & the Databricks-Microsoft AI alliance * Databricks available on AWS, Azure & GCP * Microsoft providing AI options makes sense My responses ended up being included in an article at Reworked (September 7, 2023). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above

Media Query Source: Part 44 - InformationWeek (US digital magazine); Top Tips for Weeding Out Bad Data

* InformationWeek (US digital magazine) * Best way to weed out bad data * "Bad data": low quality or inappropriate data * Acquire, cleanse, standardize & model data My responses ended up being included in an article at InformationWeek (June 26, 2023). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted

Community Comment: Part 26 - With respect to data normalization, performance is key

* Normalized versus denormalized data * Discussion with purported training firm CEO * Performance is important consideration * More factors involved than just record count The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Founder & CEO of "Big Data" Training Firm: Normalization vs Denormalization Normalization is a process of

Media Query Source: Part 43 - CNBC (US business news television channel); Benefits of using self-service analytics tools

* CNBC (US business news television channel) * Benefits of using self-service analytics tools * Timely, custom exploratory analyses enabled * Appropriate data governance needed The responses I provided to a media outlet on March 3, 2023: Media: I'm working on an article about the benefits of using self-service analytics tools, and

Counterpoint (7 Years Later) - 20 Questions to Detect Fake Data Scientists

Gfesser via Midjourney: "Anime painting of horse wearing a sweater and working on a laptop, sitting in a corner office overlooking the Chicago River." Erik on Software anniversary post #500. Almost exactly seven years ago, I published what was for a long time one of my most popular

Community Comment: Part 25 - When considering the choice between waterfall and agile methodologies, keep product life cycle in mind

* Waterfall versus various agile claims * Software engineering methodologies * Poor methodologies assume product lifespan * Lifespan may be too short to see success The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Owner at Software Delivery Firm: What does this say to you? #agile #waterfall #softwaredevelopment #iterativedevelopment #incrementaldevelopment Gfesser: The

Media Query Source: Part 42 - Barron's (US financial news magazine); AI primer for financial advisors

* Barron's (US financial news magazine) * AI primer for financial advisors * Machine learning & deep learning: AI subsets * Model value dependent on data quality The responses I provided to a media outlet on December 5, 2022: Media: AI primer for financial advisors. Media: I'm writing a post

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