Latest Posts
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Microsoft Data Engineering Interview Tips
I recently started working at Microsft as a data engineer. Someone reached out via linked in asking questions about what they could do to prepare for a job interview at Microsoft for a data engineer. I figured that I would share some of the information here as well for prospective developers who are also looking for advice!
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Utility of List Aggregation Function
The list aggregation function in SQL is a very handy function for consolidating data from multiple rows in data based on a grouping variable. Be sure to try out this function using Oracle’s live SQL editor SQL Worksheet tool.
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Grouping by Regex in Oracle PL/SQL
With Oracle PL/SQL you can use built in regular expression functions to match query results using SELECT statements. More on that documentation can be found here in the oracle reference documentation.
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Python Fantasy
A couple of years ago I began working on a project that I call PythonFantay. A text based game inspired by Final Fantasy. The game is by no means complete, but I figured I could upload a sample of the game here! The game contains the follow features:
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Useful Coding Practice
I’ve come across a couple of websites that offer useful practice in terms of coding:
Project Euler website has many problems that have a strong mathematical bent. Some example problems include tasks such as:
- Find the 10001st prime number
- Find the largest prime factor of a number
- Find the sum of all amicable numbers less than 10,000
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Finally Published!
I’m very excited to finally have my first blog post! This was definitely a learning adventure. Using Github Pages is new to me, and Jekyll is definitely a useful technology. I recommend the Github Pages help page to anyone looking to make a blog or simple static website. The nice thing about Github Pages is the relatively low cost compared to other web hosts.