Jesse+ by | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog, Business, Magnum Opus |
“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” ― Isaac Newton Data engineering is one of the disciplines where you just know a drop. Some companies are saying it’s easy, and you just need to know a drop. My experience in the field and teaching tells...
Jesse+ by | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog, Business, Data Engineering, Data Engineering is hard, Magnum Opus |
I’m thrilled to announce that Data Teams: A unified management model for successful data-focused teams is available for purchase! My goal is to drive a real increase in the percentage of successful big data projects. Data Teams represents years of work and research,...
Jesse+ by | Mar 15, 2020 | Blog, Business, Data Engineering, Data Engineering is hard, Magnum Opus |
Big Data and analytics are going to change in this COVID-19 era. I want to share with everyone the same messages that I’m giving my own clients. I’m hoping that this post will help those data teams that aren’t living up to their potential to start creating real value....
Jesse+ by | Oct 9, 2019 | Blog, Business, Data Engineering, Data Engineering is hard, Magnum Opus |
Update: Confluent has renamed KSQL to ksqlDB It’s that Kafka Summit time of year again. There are lots of announcements. Some are good and some you have to sift through in order to figure out what’s the best for you and your organization. I’ll briefly state my...
Jesse+ by | Nov 15, 2017 | Blog, Business, Data Engineering, Data Engineering is hard, Magnum Opus |
You’re starting to learn about Big Data or you’re wanting to learn more about Big Data. You start of by googling “what is Big Data?” You get an answer that doesn’t quite makes sense. The site talks about 3 Vs or sometimes they’re 4 Vs or even 5 Vs. These 3 Vs are...
Jesse+ by | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog, Business, Data Engineering, Data Engineering is hard, Magnum Opus |
I’m really tired of seeing Big Data projects fail. They fail for both technical and managerial reasons. They all fail for similar reasons and that’s just sad because we can fix or prevent them. Gartner’s research shows that 85% of Big Data projects don’t even make it...
