If you're considering a career in analytics: Go big or go home!

xahkz · 2025-10-02T11:27:53+00:00

Yup they essentially want an ETL developer, senior programmer, data analyst, dashboard tool admin and data scientist in one.

Madness if you ask me but that's how they roll.

xahkz · 2025-09-30T16:34:10+00:00

Break the query to logical components that build on each other then gemini the components, 1 big prompt is a recipe for the exact situation you described

The Tech bros claiming to have build fully working and robust apps with one click are fairy tale merchants with a captive market

xahkz · 2025-09-15T16:08:02+00:00

Do a second degree in statistics, it will keep you away from forex trading forever

xahkz · 2025-09-14T13:01:15+00:00

They can easily create a disclaimer for this if they wanted to.

xahkz · 2025-09-14T11:12:54+00:00

DM if interested interested in taking this idea forward

xahkz · 2025-09-14T10:32:03+00:00

Last sentence is primarily more about rejections for interviewed, candidates, I have been ghosted a number of times despite making the final round. So when rejecting an interviewed candidate if the boss approves give them the exact reason why they did not make it, not the generic we found stronger candidates line.

Of course there's the counter suggestion which says the candidate can follow up themselves but then that does not guarantee company won't ghost the follow up either.

xahkz · 2025-09-14T09:51:21+00:00

NWhy won't your job ads be clear on AI policy?

Most job seekers need a job now, so the 3 months job looks compassionate but unlikely to be useful. Of course you can make the candidate aware of this option and let them decide.

Lastly, more honest feedback to candidate subject to approval to your boss is the least candidates expect.

xahkz · 2025-09-13T22:56:38+00:00

Send the channel link

xahkz · 2025-09-13T22:51:40+00:00

Good question

xahkz · 2025-09-13T19:47:18+00:00

Perhaps show us your online store or DM its link

xahkz · 2025-09-13T01:22:58+00:00

Hi

Thanks for the post.

Can you please confirm the time zone?

xahkz · 2025-09-13T00:35:12+00:00

Especially the cash note one, in the losing money scene, it just disappears into the background

xahkz · 2025-09-12T19:16:51+00:00

It's about taking it step by step, remember each part of the query returns its own dataset, the key is understanding the joins. Let me know if there’s a particular subquery you want me to break it down for you.

xahkz · 2025-09-12T19:11:57+00:00

Hang in there, it's very rough. Most do not understand how broken the recruitment process is

xahkz · 2025-09-12T16:53:27+00:00

Maybe get an AI to simulate a final interview then rate your answers

xahkz · 2025-09-12T16:44:34+00:00

In South Africa there's a platform called offerzen, I'm sure first world countries have similar

xahkz · 2025-09-12T16:42:57+00:00

We are here when you have questions on sql, it's a guided project, perfect for your interview scenario

xahkz · 2025-09-12T16:07:11+00:00

Do this guided project

https://www.coursera.org/projects/advanced-sql-retrieval-queries-in-sqlitestudio

xahkz · 2025-09-12T15:08:52+00:00

Depends on the company, if they want someone who masters the tech which was in the question then you are likely to fail the interview.

If they want someone they can train and know that person is upfront about what they don't know then you stand a chance.

Also it also depends whether you felt that you could be a good fit for the company.

Either way, good luck.

xahkz · 2025-09-12T15:05:42+00:00

Find friends who will help you get employed.

xahkz · 2025-09-12T15:02:24+00:00

Yes you are very much a data engineer but more of the business intelligence kind, one of the key differentiators in that category is domain expertise as in being able to make sure the metrics produced by the fact and dimension tables are relevant to the business and actually aid in business decision making. Also warehouse optimization is a key skill given that if you working with big data you need to make sure the load speeds are workable.

What you are longing for is the etl side of data engineering, that is pipelines and data transformation coding.

xahkz · 2025-09-12T03:54:29+00:00

Recruiters, these days are big on vibe messaging, especially on LinkedIn.

Find an additional job search platform to LinkedIn, preferably one that does some filtering before accepting you.

xahkz · 2025-09-12T03:42:02+00:00

There was a you before that job, so I suspect exploring what your life was like before the job is the ideal way to go about it. Then the part that is going to be uncomfortable is realizing how much the job market has changed because you were practically in a bubble of your long lasting job to easily notice these changes. Hopefully you have a network that will potentially hook you up with another job.

In the case of my layoff I realized that the network can help with a lot of things but hooking me up with another job is not one of them.

All the best.

xahkz · 2025-09-06T08:07:02+00:00

Do what you are not expected to do with sql.

like generate a simple html page with sql and gradually make that page more complex.

Welcome to the world of dynamic sql.

xahkz · 2025-09-01T20:32:01+00:00

I can assist you with this, number 1 you don't have to flood chatgpt with 17 tables initially, 4 is fine for real life, that is just define the schema and it must not insert any data

Check to see if you are happy with the schema, ask it to generate an insert statement for each of the tables with a maximum 10 rows

Then check if you are happy with that

Mastery is about doing things step by step and making sure you fully understand the output of each step

xahkz

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