Alex Antra

Data Professional All views expressed here are my own.

Wellington NZ Joined on Feb 28, 2019 https://medium.com/@ronsoak

Education

BA in Psychology and Linguistics

Work

Manager of a Data Team

SQL, HTML, CSS, Python, PLSQL, Batch/Powershell / C#

- Data Literacy
- Data Ops
- Ethical Data Use
- Data Metadata management

Advice on getting into the field, writing and maybe a talk :)

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Alex Antra

Oct 31 '19

Why Dashboards are the fast food of Data Analysis

#data #database #datavisualization #analytics

3 min read

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Jul 16 '19

I built my own VS Code Syntax Highlighter from scratch and here's what I learned.

#data #sql #vscode

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4 min read

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May 18 '19

The lies and lack of self respect that lead to burnout

#discuss #career #productivity

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8 min read

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Sep 28 '20

Data abstinence in the name of being an ethical data company is not a sound operating model

#data

5 min read

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Alex Antra

Aug 17 '20

Google plays the victim in an open letter to Australians. A wolf in sheep’s clothing.

7 min read

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Aug 13 '20

Doing the Impossible, using ASSISTANT to make a SQL Linter (and how you can make it lint whatever you want)

#sql #vscode #tutorial #productivity

7 min read

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Jun 29 '20

What they don’t tell you about being an analyst

#data #analysis #sql #database

13 min read

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Mar 23 '20

I built my own SQL tester in Python, then rebuilt it again from scratch,here's what I learned.

#python #sql #database #testing

11 min read

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Mar 9 '20

Whelp, they got all our data, now what? - A guide, well a lecture first, then a guide.

#data #security #guide

18 min read

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Jan 29 '20

Data Analyst? TIME TO LEARN PYTHON!!!🐍🐼

#python #sql #database #analyst

5 min read

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Nov 25 '19

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Microsoft's three significant impacts on the world of Data.

#sql #data #microsoft #excel

3 min read

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Nov 20 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): Troubleshooting process

#data #analytics #sql #aws

3 min read

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Nov 20 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): Things to avoid / Best Practice

#data #analytics #sql #aws

7 min read

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Nov 20 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): Understanding the Query Plan (Explain)

#data #analytics #sql #aws

7 min read

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Nov 20 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): Data Types and Compression

#data #analytics #sql #aws

7 min read

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Nov 18 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): Sorting & Zone Maps

#data #analytics #sql #aws

7 min read

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Nov 14 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): Distribution

#data #analytics #sql #aws

7 min read

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Nov 11 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): How does it work?

#data #analytics #sql #aws

6 min read

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Nov 7 '19

The R.A.G (Redshift Analyst Guide): What is Redshift?

#data #analytics #sql #aws

7 min read

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Oct 21 '19

Let's have a look at how AWS names their products...eye twitch

#aws #humor

5 min read

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Oct 14 '19

When it comes to Data, the customer is always wrong - The Four Horsemen of the Assumption Apocalypse

#data #sql #database #humor

2 min read

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Aug 12 '19

0-50,000: How my team wrote 50k words of Documentation in under 5months

#documentation #tutorial #writing

7 min read

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Jul 14 '19

I have HTML templates my team uses, can I build a WYSIWYG over the top? How do I inject content into the body of a HTML template

#help #html #webdev

1 min read

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Jul 4 '19

Some advice on advice

#career #advice #jobs

4 min read

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Jun 26 '19

I'm changing my job title to Data Librarian.

#data #humor #job

2 min read

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Jun 21 '19

What specifically should I learn for a career in DevOps (more explanation below)

#discuss #career #help

1 min read

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Jun 18 '19

Famous Company <> Career Happiness

#career #job #happiness

3 min read

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Jun 15 '19

An observation about UX (from a noob) - Twitter likes vs the rest

#discuss #ux #design

2 min read

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Jun 10 '19

How to create an induction process from the ground up.

#induction #onboarding #career

7 min read

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Jun 2 '19

Does this form of testing already exist?

#help

1 min read

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Jun 2 '19

Get serious about Data Governance now, or it will cost ALL of us in the future.

#data #governance #privacy #security

5 min read

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May 25 '19

Who are your career heroes & why? (Signal Boost!)

#discuss #career

2 min read

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May 21 '19

I have written a lot about Burnout and Crunch Culture, Ask Me Anything!

#ama

1 min read

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May 12 '19

Master information management by understanding this core principle.

#productivity #tutorial #beginners

4 min read

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May 8 '19

SQL Workflow: Visual Studio Code + Snippets

#sql #snippets #data #tutorial

6 min read

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May 3 '19

You are probably a victim of Crunch Culture

#stress #work #management

7 min read

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Apr 1 '19

Determining the worth of one-off Reporting.

#sql #reporting #data #management

4 min read

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Mar 26 '19

That’s not very Data Warehouse - an argument against elegant SQL code

#sql #data #code

4 min read

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