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Community Comment: Part 15

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6884136604764565505?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6884136604764565505%2C6884184734960775169%29 Director at Executive Search Firm: Do not hire an architect if you want them to be sat writing code all

Community Comment: Part 14

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6871126959674400769?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6871126959674400769%2C6873206176721506304%29 Data Warehouse Architect & Developer at Healthcare Data Consultancy: I keep seeing this again and again: databases like Snowflake, Redshift,

Media Query Source: Part 37 The Data Chief (ThoughtSpot podcast)My biggest data priority this year (2022)Delivery of flagship data platformLargest dep

Note: unfortunately for the first time, I withdrew my response from consideration after discussing further with the Deloitte communications team. As I explained to folks at The Data Chief, while my response was generic, some uncertainty had subsequently been introduced as to whether the details I shared were permissible, and

Media Query Source: Part 36 Connecticut Innovations (US state venture capital newsletter)My recommended book for entrepreneurs"The Lean Startup"All bu

The responses I provided to a media outlet on February 20, 2022: Media: Best business books for leaders. Media: Entrepreneurs are short on time. If you could recommend one business book that should be on every entrepreneur's must-read list, what would it be and why do you recommend

New Book Review: "Do Something for Nothing"

New book review for Do Something for Nothing: Seeing Beneath the Surface of Homelessness, through the Simple Act of a Haircut, by Joshua Coombes, Akashic Books, 2021: Copy provided by Amazon. The subtitle to this book provides a great summary for what this book is all about, albeit from a

Media Query Source: Part 35 CMSWire (US digital magazine)Synthetic data & how it's used in workplaceTest data that reflects prod data propertiesEntire

The responses I provided to a media outlet on February 9, 2022: Media: What is Synthetic data and does it have a digital workplace use? Gfesser: Synthetic data is a type of test data that is intended to reflect the statistical properties of real production data. Because of this, synthetic

Community Comment: Part 13

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6887723730819158016?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6887723730819158016%2C6889881950715199488%29 Programming Jokes / IT Humor & Memes Group: python or java ?? Gfesser: Just because both Java and Python are general purpose

Community Comment: Part 12

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6872288942620774400?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6872288942620774400%2C6873193451886825472%29 Chief Consulting Officer at Investment Management Firm: I've come to the conclusion that the working world is roughly

Media Query Source: Part 34 MSDynamicsWorld (US digital magazine)Azure Data Box family of productsCounterpart to AWS Snow family of productsData ingre

The responses I provided to a media outlet on January 27, 2022: Media: What are the biggest gaps in Data Box capabilities, if any? Gfesser: The Azure Data Box family of products is essentially used to get data into Azure, focusing on storage optimized hardware. In contrast, the AWS Snow

New Book Review: "The Success Trail"

New book review for The Success Trail: Learn to Win with a Marathon Runner's Mindset, by Jack Perconte, Second Base Publishing, 2021: Copy provided by author Jack Perconte (former professional baseball player). As a lifelong runner, I've read many running books over the years, and this