Data Gibberish

Data Gibberish

Pillar: Career

👷 The 5-4-3-2-1 Method That Turns a Big Goal Into a One-Hour Action
The five questions I walked a senior engineer through live, from AI anxiety to his first action within the hour.
 • Yordan Ivanov and Hari Gudla
1:05:08
👷 You're Not Stuck Because You're Not Good Enough
Your organization has a different idea of what valuable looks like than you do, and that gap is probably what is holding you back
 • Yordan Ivanov and David Langer
1:17:15
👷 Everybody Talks About AI (And They Are All Wrong)
The AI adoption race is built on a benchmark that doesn't exist, and while you're busy trying to catch up, your actual job is full of problems nobody's…
 • Yordan Ivanov
👷 The First 90 Seconds of Your Interview Are the Most Important
You are being handed the steering wheel for the interview, and you are doing it wrong.
 • Yordan Ivanov
👷 The 10-Minute Weekly Habit That Will Make You a Better Engineering Leader
Treating your life and career with the same respect you treat projects gets you much further than people who just go with the flow.
 • Yordan Ivanov
👷 Learning Without a Manager Who Teaches You
Learning when your manager doesn’t know more than you is hard if you don’t know how to leverage their expertise
 • Yordan Ivanov
3 Onboarding Habits That Decide the Next Two Years
Your First 90 Days Are Already Deciding Your Next Two Years The three onboarding habits that separate engineers who get listened to from engineers who…
 • Yordan Ivanov
52:01
👷 82 Resources That Will Set You Apart as a Tech Leader
A curated reading list for data engineers and leads who have hit the ceiling on technical growth and need to start growing differently.
 • Yordan Ivanov
How to Ask for a Raise as a Data Engineer (And Actually Get It)
Most data engineers wait for their manager to bring it up. That is the first mistake. Here is how to ask strategically, build your case, and walk out…
 • Yordan Ivanov
University Doesn't Teach Data Engineering. Here's What You're Missing.
The curriculum stops at SQL and theory. The skills that get you hired, promoted, and respected are built in communities, side projects, and messy…
 • Yordan Ivanov and Mihail Petrov
59:11
Your Best Work Is Invisible Because You Describe It Wrong
Most data engineers talk about what they built. The ones who get promoted talk about what it changed. Here's the difference.
 • Yordan Ivanov
The Reverse Interview
The questions you ask in an interview reveal more about your seniority than anything you answer. I've interviewed hundreds of candidates and only the…
 • Yordan Ivanov
51:46
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