The Joe Reis Show

Ryan Boyd and I chat about the evolution and future of databases, the pendulum between single-server and distributed computing, DuckDB and Motherduck, and much more. We also talk about developer relations, which I consider Ryan as one of the OG's in the field. Note - this was recorded the week of Databricks Summit 2023. ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/

Is Kimball still relevant? Or should we just throw columnar storage and unlimited compute to solve our analytical needs? Because I like to live on the edge, I respond to a comment online that I think highlights the rot in our industry as it relates to how we view data modeling today. Data Modeling With Joe Reis - Understanding What Data Modeling Is And Where It's Going (Seattle Data Guy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKo02ThtAto ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/

Joshua Bowles is a linguist and data scientist turned software engineer. This is a wide-ranging chat between two old-school data scientists/ML practitioners about the past, present, and future of ML and AI. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-bowles-ailgroup/ Mastadon: https://infosec.exchange/explore ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/

Benny and I chat about whether data is a profession (in the traditional sense), moving from CDO at a large company to solo consulting, building an audience and staying consistent with content, and much more. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennybenford/ Elevating Data to a Profession (link): https://www.datent.com/p/elevating-data-to-a-profession-why Blog: https://www.datent.com ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/

Imagine two extremes. On one end, data modeling is done perfectly and harmoniously across the data lifecycle. On the other end, data modeling is ignored and thrown into the dustbin of history. Along this spectrum, where do you think we are as a data industry? I'm leaving this question open-ended right for now and would appreciate your thoughts. ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/

Ranjith Raghunath is a customer experience (CX) wizard, and we chat about why CX is important, modeling the customer journey process, the impact of AI on CX, and much more. Ranjith's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-raghunath/ CX Data Labs: https://www.cxdatalabs.com/ Note - there were some technical difficulties around the 44:00 minute mark. Nothing major though.

Peter Hanssens is the founder of DataEngBytes, the forward-thinking conference on all things data engineering. In this chat, we talk about what to expect at the 2023 edition of DataEngBytes, the tech scene in Australia, his views on the current and future field of data engineering, and much more. #data #dataengineering #dataengbytes

It's no secret that AI is useful, but it's super hard to cut through the BS. Maya Mikhailov and I chat about the very confusing ML/AI landscape. This is a great discussion that offers many pointers if you want to leverage ML and AI, but you're unsure how to do so. Maya's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayam/ Savvi AI: https://www.savviai.com/ #ai #ml #data #datascience

I'm starting to see more and more discussions about soft skills and people skills. In this episode, I talk about why tech skills are table stakes, and soft skills are where you need to level up if you want to boost your career. Office Space clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNuu9CpdjIo ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/

Tristan Handy and I chat about balancing competing tensions, both personally and leading dbt Labs. We also discuss the power of organizational behavior, naming problems to solve, and home remodeling. This is different from the normal interviews you'll hear with Tristan, and I hope you enjoy it! #dbtlabs #data #analyticsengineering ----------------------- If you like this show, give it a 5-star rating on your favorite podcast platform. Purchase Fundamentals of Data Engineering at your favorite bookseller. Subscribe to my Substack: https://joereis.substack.com/