The Parks and Recreation model for measuring the economic value of Data

Wrote this post on Substack about a creative, out-of-the-box way of reasoning about Data and how to measure its value to an organization.

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Bold Predictions for 2023: Data and Beyond

Wrote this on Substack (no I am not starting a newsletter) .

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Future of Data Engineering


Note: This post was first published on LinkedIn .

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Author's profile picture Rahul on data, engineering, and career

Accidental complexity and our unconscious biases


Note: This post was first published on LinkedIn .

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Author's profile picture Rahul on data, engineering, and career

Headless BI 101 — Common Terms, Design, Components, Future Outlook & More

There has been a lot of buzz around Headless BI and Metrics layer. I co wrote this article on Headless BI with my wife Jay (https://boiledbeanstudio.com/) for Atlan’s technical blog. The article covers the definition, architecture and capabilities of a Headless BI system and evaluates the existing tools in this space.

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Author's profile picture Rahul on data, architecture, and tools

What Is Modern Data Stack: History, Components, Platforms, and the Future

I co wrote this article on Modern Data Stack with my wife Jay (https://boiledbeanstudio.com/) for Atlan’s technical blog. The article covers the definition, features and capabilities of the MDS stack and ends with a checklist to help select the right tools for your requirements.

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Author's profile picture Rahul on data, architecture, and tools

Working on my team's Charter and Purpose

We have multiple data teams at Beat, working across the spectrum of data lifecycle. An interesting fallout of this topology is that sometimes boundaries between teams get blurred and teams lose clarity about where they fit in the larger scheme of things or what value they should be delivering in order to maximize their ROI. Teams that have undergone reorganization also carry over some legacy from the past which blurs their core definition even further.

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Author's profile picture Rahul on Engineering-management, Leadership, and Teams

Engineering Management vs Coaching

The Engineering Manager (EM) role is rather broadly defined, the definition varying from one place to the other. If you are looking to get hired/promoted into this role, make sure you understand how the company you apply to sees this role.

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16 fundamental principles for transforming data in a warehouse

The current discourse on data can get a little tiring because of its over focus on tooling. It feels like a new SaaS gets launched every week in the data space. This, however, should not be at the cost of establishing basic, first-principles understanding of data engineering.

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Author's profile picture Rahul on Data and datawarehouse

Redo The Todo

I have been thinking a lot about resistance this week and how cleverly it finds its way into our minds despite all efforts to keep it at bay. Even when we feel we have all the tools and knowledge to tackle it. Even after learning about it by reading ‘The War of Art’ and finishing altMBA.

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Author's profile picture Rahul on Leadership, Practice, and altmba

Is there a better word for "Thought Leader" ?

Words have meanings. They help us communicate. It’s language.

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Author's profile picture Rahul on Leadership

Electric Dreams

I dreamt about a different world yesterday. With a different physics. And biology. To move from one point to another, for example, the space in my dream world would explode into a billion splinters and reassemble to put you at your destination.

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2021 Predictions: Data and Analytics

Here are my predictions for “Data” in 2021.

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Life lessons from a year of cooking at home

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Manager Feedback - 65 questions

I was looking for a set of questions to include in a feedback form that I wanted to send out to my team for a 360 degree feedback. I did a little bit of research but could not find any definitive set of questions that was broad enough to thoroughly cover multiple aspects of management.

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