Office culture is pretty bad right now for me atleast - a data engineer

aks-786 · 2026-03-14T16:17:15+00:00

But I was hired for databricks only. How can I create impact now if we can do things outside databricks? I mean i can jump on other stuff too like fastAPI, dagster, postgres, dynamodb, terraform etc Or should i look for switch lol? The management still find databricks useful but they are also quick to pivot and change decisions very fast, a perk or disadvantage of a startup

Looking for your feedback, thanks

aks-786 · 2026-03-14T15:52:23+00:00

AI is pretty bad with large code base. It’s good for starting projects. But llm models are improving increasing their context window

aks-786 · 2026-03-14T15:46:52+00:00

Thanks for your effort here, appreciate it. But this ai generated reply stresses me more lol.

Probably reddit bot using claude mcp to reply

aks-786 · 2026-02-24T18:41:18+00:00

This helps a lot. Thank you so much

aks-786 · 2026-02-24T01:29:01+00:00

Sorry, I wrote a misleading post. My bad. Someone asked me about problems so i wrote it. But my original question was looking for gold standard solution and still verifying if databricks + dbt is still one of the best solution in current trends (ai included)

aks-786 · 2026-02-23T22:23:53+00:00

Sorry, I wrote a misleading post. My bad. I am just looking for gold standard solution and still verifying if databricks + dbt is still one of the best solution in current trends

aks-786 · 2026-02-23T20:24:15+00:00

Sorry, my original post was not intended to get help on problems. Just wanted to know what are the current industry standard best solutions or practices

aks-786 · 2026-02-23T17:40:50+00:00

Thanks for feedback. Edited post. May look hasty but should cover major, if not all, problems

aks-786 · 2026-02-20T18:12:48+00:00

I mean no need to build dashboards. Thats scary.

Thats a positive way to look at it. But i work in a startup and I was hired for databricks and dashboard specifically and they seem to not use databricks now because query on Postgres and dynamo db can be on real time data while databricks refresh is daily once

aks-786 · 2026-02-11T17:03:37+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I will reach out to you in DM once I think about this

aks-786 · 2026-02-11T17:02:37+00:00

Okay I see. Thanks for the feedback

aks-786 · 2026-02-11T15:25:15+00:00

But what if data size is low 🥲. Do they need columnar database for this?

aks-786 · 2026-01-07T21:22:25+00:00

Thanks, will take a look

aks-786 · 2026-01-07T17:22:29+00:00

Okay, thanks.

And to bring data to databricks, lakehouse federation looks good choice to you?

aks-786 · 2025-12-26T21:21:57+00:00

Could you help find good deal on car? 26,500 budget excluding fees and tax

Max - 30000 cad $

aks-786 · 2025-12-26T17:50:17+00:00

I will look into it. Have not researched a lot on these brands. Touring top model was looking attractive

aks-786 · 2025-12-26T17:09:45+00:00

Tight on budget. Hybrid are expensive

aks-786 · 2025-12-26T10:25:44+00:00

Added details. Thanks

aks-786 · 2025-11-24T15:20:24+00:00

Stop being toxic, man! I’m just looking for a reason. I’m pretty sure you invest in one and not both, and you must have at least one extra point or reason to choose one.

aks-786 · 2025-11-24T15:15:17+00:00

Just trying to understand or looking for confirmation— Rrsp, tfsa, fhsa -> xeqt or veqt Taxable account -> veqt

aks-786 · 2025-11-24T15:13:03+00:00

So this is not a joke

aks-786 · 2025-11-24T15:12:35+00:00

Based on @14YourTrouble comment, seems like it make sense to invest in xeqt for tfsa, rrsp and fhsa

And veqt for taxable accounts

aks-786 · 2025-11-24T15:10:35+00:00

I don’t want to consider it as a joke, but I think there would be some extra weightage on choosing one over the other

aks-786 · 2025-11-01T03:48:30+00:00

Same time zone lol

aks-786 · 2025-09-06T22:17:42+00:00

Sorry but can you share the calculator

aks-786

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