Samuel Wong

My observations in the job market:

Some senior data analyst roles seem like junior roles - building dashboards.

Some manager to head of data roles seem like IC roles - need to be hand on.

Netflix’s Engineering Culture Peek inside Netflix’s engineering culture with CTO Elizabeth Stone, as she shares how the company has no formal performance reviews, learns from failures, and builds at a global scale.

Netflix’s Engineering Culture
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Prompting Is Just 7 Things You Do in Everyday Conversations Ever stare at ChatGPT’s blank input box, wondering what magic words will make it work?

Prompting Is Just 7 Things You Do in Everyday Conversations
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The Master Data dilemma #38 It's not for everyone

Master Data Management (MDM) isn’t just a tooling decision, it’s a governance and context challenge. In the AI era, data governance has evolved from enforcing control to enabling context making data understandable, trusted and scalable

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Good reminder!

Use These 3 Principles to Train Yourself to Fear Less And Achieve More How I doubled my income after my tech job vanished

Use These 3 Principles to Train Yourself to Fear Less And Achieve More

How I doubled my income after my tech job vanished

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Why Storytelling With Data Matters for Business and Data Analysts | Towards Data Science Data is driving the future of business and here’s how you can be prepared for that future

Why Storytelling With Data Matters for Business and Data Analysts

Data is driving the future of business and here’s how you can be prepared for that future

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Beyond Numbers: How to Humanize Your Data & Analysis | Towards Data Science The scintillating grid optical illusion is a perfect metaphor for how raw data can mislead us, causing us to see false trends. To escape the "data-rich, action-poor" paradox, organizations should need...

Beyond Numbers: How to Humanize Your Data & Analysis

An escape from the 'data-rich, action-poor' paradox

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For leaders, investing in automated data lineage and strong governance frameworks isn’t just about control, it’s about building the foundation for reliable insights, regulatory readiness and responsible AI at scale.

Data Lineage: Definition, Benefits and Use Cases Discover the importance of data lineage in managing data quality and traceability from source to destination with this comprehensive glossary entry.

Data lineage is the backbone of trustworthy, scalable data and AI. It provides end-to-end visibility of where data comes from, how it’s transformed, and who uses it enabling transparency, compliance, and confident decision-making

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How CRED is tapping AI to deliver premium customer experiences A conversation with Swamy Seetharaman of CRED.

How CRED is tapping AI to deliver premium customer experiences openai.com/index/cred-s...

Riding in a Chinese Robotaxi Is Pretty Smooth—That’s a Problem for Waymo While U.S. companies dominate their home market, other countries are looking to China for driverless technology.

Riding in a Chinese Robotaxi Is Pretty Smooth. That’s a Problem for Waymo

While U.S. companies dominate their home market, other countries look to China for driverless technology

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Agents for growth: Turning AI promise into impact

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Slide into my DMs and let me show you what AI can actually do for your business 💡

It Doesn’t Need to Be a Chatbot | Towards Data Science A more organic, incremental approach to integrating AI into existing products

It Doesn’t Need to Be a Chatbot

A more organic, incremental approach to integrating AI into existing products

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Graph RAG vs SQL RAG | Towards Data Science Evaluating RAGs on graph and SQL databases

Graph RAG vs SQL RAG

Evaluating RAGs on graph and SQL databases

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AI agents, tech circularity: What’s ahead for platforms in 2026 | MIT Sloan Digital platforms have already changed how value is created and exchanged. Their next wave — spanning physical assets, AI, and automation — promises new efficiencies but also new risks.

AI agents, tech circularity: What’s ahead for platforms in 2026 mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

Every data product needs a go-to-market plan. And that plan starts by understanding the job your stakeholder is trying to get done.

Why your dashboard is a ghost town Understand Jobs to be done and go-to-market strategy as a data team

Why your dashboard is a ghost town

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“Sell the alpha, not the feature”: The enterprise sales playbook for $1M to $10M ARR | Jen Abel Jen Abel drops a masterclass on $1-$10m ARR enterprise sales

"Sell the alpha, not the feature": The enterprise sales playbook for $1M to $10M ARR | Jen Abel
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Eroding the Edges: (AI-Generated) Build vs. Buy and the Future of Software The Weekend Windup #9 - Cool Reads, Events, and More

Eroding the Edges: (AI-Generated) Build vs. Buy and the Future of Software
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Being succinct isn’t about fewer words — it’s about sharper thinking, clearer context, and disciplined communication.

How to communicate succinctly to executives Executives are short on time and attention. Learn how to Be Brief, Be Brilliant, and Be gone. The secret is in clarity of thinking and having the relevant context, not structure or word choice.

How to communicate succinctly to executives

Executives are short on time and attention. Learn how to Be Brief, Be Brilliant, and Be gone. The secret is in clarity of thinking and having the relevant context, not structure or word choice

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How Men and Women Spend Their Days Women and men tend to spend their days differently in the United States. Varying responsibilities and priorities will do that.

#Dataviz How Men and Women Spend Their Days

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ATC2025 Impact Conference Recap - ATC Events & Media Is the candidate you’re interviewing a deepfake or a real person? Do you have an AI governance policy in your organisation? Will AI make your skills and ultimately your career obsolete? Will AI replac...

ATC2025 Impact Conference Recap

The decade ahead = reinvention + regulation + reintegration of humanity

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Google Maps navigation gets a powerful boost with Gemini Getting around is easier than ever thanks to Gemini capabilities and our trusted real-world information.

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Tinder’s AI can find better matches by scanning your camera roll The dating app is testing a new feature that gets to know users by analyzing their photos.

Tinder’s AI can find better matches by scanning your camera roll www.theverge.com/news/815286/...

How HP Industrial Print Transformed Its Data Platform with Databricks SQL HP Industrial Print modernized with Databricks SQL to boost performance and unlock new revenue with secure, scalable data sharing.

How HP Industrial Print Transformed Its Data Platform with Databricks SQL www.databricks.com/blog/how-hp-...

☕🤖 Tutorial: How to Turn Your Thoughts into Organized Ideas with ChatGPT PLUS: Master prompt at the end...

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5 Things in Data Engineering That Have Changed In The Last 10 Years What Will Change Next?

5 Things in Data Engineering That Have Changed In The Last 10 Years

What Will Change Next?

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