Zach Quinn

Can’t-Ignore Data Engineering Advancement Habits

Habits for data engineering job seekers, entry-level engineers and veterans looking to level-up.

Testing… Testing… Environments

Categorizing data engineering IDEs to facilitate professional, production-adjacent development.

Visualizing 48 Months Of Credit Card Spending With PyPDF, SQL & Looker

Constrained by the limitations of my credit card’s pre-filtered dashboards, I used Python, SQL & Looker to create my own.

1 Sheet To Get You Hired Or Promoted This Year

How data engineers can wield the power of the “brag sheet” to achieve career-altering results.

These Hobby Coding Projects Saved Me 50+ Hours This Year

4 unconventional but useful data engineering applications I built that saved me at least 50 hours of work and personal time.

Approachable Array Aggregations

Solve a real-life SQL array problem in an easy-to-follow walkthrough.

1 Data Skill Gap Costing Your Org Millions

1 undervalued data engineering skill that, if left unrefined, could cost you or your org millions of dollars.

Thanks(less)giving

4 thankless tasks effective data engineers must do — especially before Q4 and the holiday season.

3 Lines Of Python To Create Timezone-Aware Pipelines

Building time-sensitive data pipelines is a challenge; luckily, there is a way to build localized pipelines with 3 lines of Python.

Authenticate Google Cloud In Docker Without Getting Your Creds Stolen

Avoid GCP 401 errors — and security concerns — by passing project credentials into your Docker image the right way.

Execute A Multi-CSV Backfill From Google Cloud Storage In 50 Seconds

Leverage the Python Google Cloud Storage and BigQuery APIs to bulk download, transform and upload CSV files in < 1 minute.

The 1 Question New Data Engineers Never Ask (But Absolutely Must)

Either afraid or stuck in old habits, new engineers fail to ask important probing questions; how devs can think critically.