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It’s exactly 10 years since my first day at Google. What I’ve learnt:
1. In 2011 there was a career path for me, but I had to leave Chile to find it.
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Felipe Hoffa
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Felipe Hoffa
@felipehoffa
Developer Advocate around the data world. Ex-Google BigQuery, Ex-Snowflake, Always Felipe
- Ali is a manager at Google. Ali is a doctor. Ali knows his rights. @aliafshar was brutally attacked by the police.
- 400,000 GitHub repositories, 1 billion files, 14 terabytes of code: Spaces or Tabs? medium.com/@hoffa/400-000… (#BigQuery on @github #holywars)
- Angry airport immigration officer:"H-1B? I can't wait until president Trump gets rid of all of you." Welcome to the @realDonaldTrump America
- Replying to @ABlekh and @sapitonmixWhy do you feel the need to criticize someone in Kyiv telling the stories that they want to share? Give him your support, or ignore, if that's the best you can do.
- Am I the Asshole? Well, reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshol… is now the 4th most active subreddit. Turns out most of the posters... are not the assholes. Data in BigQuery: stackoverflow.com/a/59997899/132… (thx @jasonbaumgartne cc @AITA_reddit)
- I just published "Reddit AmItheAsshole is nicer to women than to men — a SQL proof": medium.com/@hoffa/reddit-… "On stories about women, the poster is judged worse than w/stories about men" An investigation with BigQuery, SQL, and Data Studio. (thx @jasonbaumgartne @AITA_reddit)
- I don't know how to say goodbye, but I'll try it here anyways: Today is my last day at Google (more details about the new adventure soon) This is the letter I sent internally 2 weeks ago:
- Replying to @felipehoffa @dougsillars and 2 othersSo this Brazilian government website eats all my CPU to mine cryptocurrency when I land on their homepage... ouch (thx @rick_viscomi @HTTPArchive #BigQuery #bitcoin)
- Niece: I'm bored Me: How about... Mentos Summer Christmas science with the kids 👨🏻🔬👩🏻🔬🤯
00:00 - Best @GCPcloud products, ranked: 13. you 12. can’t 11. rank 10. them 9. as 8. each 7. solves 6. different 5. problems 4. in 3. amazing 2. ways 1. BigQuery
- Feels like I've learned more in the last 6 months than in the previous 2 years at Google. Switching companies took me out of auto-pilot mode, and forced me to question many assumptions I took for granted. If anything, I'm grateful for my ex-coworkers that pushed me to jump ❤️
- It's your 10th birthday BigQuery! It's a very special day, and some of your friends are here to tell you how much you've meant to them. (join this thread to share with the team how much BigQuery means to you) #DecadeinData #BigQuery10
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