Reduce failed API requests by taking the time to “listen” to your API responses and — other pointers to improve your API conversation etiquette. — This Happens When You Don’t Speak Your API’s Language Trudging across a deserted gravel-paved road and passing signs that screamed “Arret”, I stumbled over a barrier and found myself face-to-face with a pedestrian’s natural enemy: Traffic. As the off-key European horns blared and cars stopped inches from me, I found my footing, crossed successfully and found myself at my…

Plus this week’s most engaging story (refreshed weekly). — The Latest (Most Engaged — Week of 11/26/23) For Data Engineers The Real Y2K Happens Twice A Year The bi-annual problem data engineers ignore year after year — sometimes to disastrous effect.medium.com The Greatest (Most Engaged — All Time) 3 Data Science Projects That Got Me 12 Interviews. And 1 That Got Me In Trouble. Creating The Dashboard That Got Me A Data Analyst Job

ICYMI: The most engaging data stories from Pipeline for November 2023. — Backfill is a recurring feature that highlights Pipeline’s most impactful content on a monthly basis. Impact is based on claps/fans, not views so, if you find something helpful, please feel free to react accordingly. Though November marks the beginning of the holiday season and is a time of slowing activity…

How to overcome a paralyzing technical fear in order to meet — and exceed — expectations at work as a new data professional or programmer. — ZachOverflow is a recurring column in which I attempt to answer one frequently asked data science question thoroughly and honestly. No oversaturated topics. No listicles. No clickbait. Just my (mostly) unfiltered responses based on professional experience, technical exposure and, yes, the occasional unsubstantiated opinion.

Taking an extra 30 seconds to add this screenshot type can save you the time — and embarrassment — of a failed deployment. — I carefully sliced into the side of the package, sliding the box cutter over the area where there should have been a sender. I’ll admit, handling a nondescript box with no identified sender that showed up in the middle of the night made me a bit nervous. …

Despite mastering technical skills your project ideas aren’t “working.” Why your data might be working against you. — ZachOverflow is a recurring column in which I attempt to answer one frequently asked data science question thoroughly and honestly. No oversaturated topics. No listicles. No clickbait. Just my (mostly) unfiltered responses based on professional experience, technical exposure and, yes, the occasional unsubstantiated opinion.

Though not perfect, you can use my resume as a template for targeting, applying to and landing data science roles. — All at once, LinkedIn is many things: professional rolodex, sales/marketing platform, provider of an endless deluge of “rise and grind” motivational content and, sometimes, a job search engine. But I recently discovered LinkedIn is also something else. A time capsule filled with artifacts of failed and successful job searches.

The bi-annual problem data engineers ignore year after year — sometimes to disastrous effect. — For nearly a week I battled SkyNet. I wasn’t facing my enemy strapped with ammo casings in the trenches of a post-apocalyptic fallen city. Instead, I was working hard to reign in what had become an annoying and potentially damaging rogue pipeline made worse by a still-controversial fall ritual. Though…

Why your professed “love” of data science is irrelevant and possibly misplaced — at least in the short-term. — ZachOverflow is a recurring column in which I attempt to answer one frequently asked data science question thoroughly and honestly. No oversaturated topics. No listicles. No clickbait. Just my (mostly) unfiltered responses based on professional experience, technical exposure and, yes, the occasional unsubstantiated opinion.