Tim Burns
The Lean Startup - Reading Notes
It is Martin Luther King day, and I am fortunate to have a holiday. However, I haven't lost sight of my goal of becoming an entrepreneur...
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Tim Burns
A Charge for any Leadership Vocation
We swore in new deacons today at church, and the charge to the deacons resonated as a charge we can take for any leadership vocation....
Tim Burns
Competent Developers are Vanishingly Rare
Photo by Author of the Never Summer Mountain Range Many years ago, I had a colleague who had a similar role I now have: Build and...
Tim Burns
How to get Data into Snowflake Securely
Photo by Meredith Sammon-Burns - Cache la Poudre River, Colorado Storage Integration needs a clear understanding and remains fundamental...
Tim Burns
The Power of Multiple Sources
Here is the ticket master public API. https://developer.ticketmaster.com/ Could be a very interesting edition to cross-reference with...
Tim Burns
Data Analytics for Software Engineers
Photo by Gabi Scott on Unsplash Data Analytics is a strange beast in the world of software development. On one hand, it is highly hyped,...
Tim Burns
What if Elon Musk is Right?
Elon Musk embodies the worst aspects of the tech bro spirit. He has no moral compass. He lacks compassion. He elevates the vilest...
Tim Burns
Snowflake Clustering and Micro-Partitions
The Author Hiking in the Rainy White Mountains Snowflake Clustering and Micro-Partitions can improve performance and reduce costs in your...
Tim Burns
Understand your Career Trajectory
Understanding the Interview is foundational to understanding the job and building a career roadmap for yourself. Here is an excellent...
Tim Burns
So you got promoted to Team Lead on a Scrum Team - Now What?
Team Lead is one of the best roles in a company for building value. It doesn't matter what you're official title is in the company:...
Tim Burns
What new albums are hot? Checking out my KEXP Dashboard
Here is the dashboard as of this morning: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/timothy.burns/viz/KEXPDJFavorites/DJFavorites_1#1...
Tim Burns
Streams on my KEXP Data Warehouse
Photo by Author with the Never Summer Wilderness in the Background Introduction I enjoy integrating my love of music into my professional...
Tim Burns
Creating a Calendar Dimension
Calendars and dates drive our lives; a calendar dimension is essential to most data warehouses. Pope Gregory introduced the Gregorian...
Tim Burns
Why Agile is all about Delivery
Jason Isbell Always Delivers Deliver Working Products If you do one thing with your Scrum above all else: deliver working products. If...
Tim Burns
Bronfenbrenner's Theory and Data
Although I am not an MD, I run in a circle of non-traditional MDs, I was with my wife, who is a Psychiatrist, having dinner with a...
Tim Burns
Reflections on Snowflake Summit 2022
I recently returned from Snowflake Summit 22, and I am certainly impressed at the depth and breadth of the new features announced during...
Tim Burns
Bibliography for Baseline Subject Review
Here is a short bibliography of baseline articles for data on outcomes and care with respect to youth mental health....
Tim Burns
Two Articles (with CMEs) from the Green Journal
The Author having Lunch Our main goal for Q2 is to build a bibliography of articles to join current discussions in the Mental Health...
Tim Burns
An Open Charter - But Definite Goals
Photo by Filip Mroz on Unsplash The Owl Mountain Institute is an organization born of the collaborative minds of a Clinical Psychiatrist...
Tim Burns
Downloading CMS Data
Downloading CMS Data is a bit tricky. The base site is here: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/docs After beating my head against the...
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