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Nathan Kimpel

The best advice I ever got about how to get certified

I sometimes look back and mentally review all of the good advice I have received in my life. Everything from "You can't expect everyone to love you," to 'People generally do good things ...

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Job profile: Become a data warehouse analyst

Before we start, I think it's very important to define what a data warehouse is. The clinical definition, courtesy of Wikipedia, is that a data warehouse, sometimes also called an ...

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Job profile: Become a site reliability engineer

With technology evolving in so many different directions, it has becoming increasingly hard to keep track of the siloed job roles that companies keep throwing out there in employment postings. Gone ...

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Job profile: Become a software development engineer

To create or have the ability to create — this is the dream of so many people. There are only a select few, however, who actually get the chance to just ... make something ...

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Job profile: Become a data architect

What does it mean to design the "guts" of something? What is it like to put together the scaffolding of a building — a building, say, made out of data? Data architects create blueprints for data ...

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Six trends that will drive technology development in 2021 — and beyond

It's still 2020 as I write this, but the end is in sight. It seems like it was years ago that the COVID-19 pandemic hit, with its resulting chaos and disruption. For a number of individuals, the struggle ...

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CertMag's holiday reading recommendations

It's such a treat to get to write about different things now and then. Over the upcoming Christmas and New Year's Day holiday break, I plan on catching up on some reading. I currently crank through ...

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Job profile: Become a program manager

To be above a project manager, to run projects across companies, or to handle more than one portfolio is the essence of what it means to be a program manager. You'll have a very high level of ...

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Make online learning work for you

Here's something you probably don't say to yourself very often: "I have too much time." The thought of adding one more entry to your list of things to keep track of is probably daunting to most people ...

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Snake your way into programming with Python

Snakes can be a peculiar thing. Some people hate them, and others love them but no one can deny their — wait, what? Oh, the development language. Who's ready to talk about Python? ...

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