John MavNov 19, 2022

Alright, time for a proper intro!

Hello y'all my name is John Mav, an avid learner who flip-flops between being an introvert and an extrovert. I live in 🌲#Seattle / the #pnw but was born and raised in the 🌉#BayArea, so still getting used to the snow and rain. I live out with my wonderful wife and two 🐕#dogs.

I'm a huge 🏒#hockey and 📈#hockeyanalytics geek, love to watch 😱#scarymovies, love 👨‍🍳#cooking, #baking, and am a total #foodie. Enjoy playing 🧌#dnd with friends.

Show threadJohn MavNov 19, 2022

Professionally I am a Sr. Analytics Engineer at 🚢#flexport. Previously built the 🐙#seattlekraken hockey operations data pipelining and warehousing solutions. Prior to that did data infrastructure design for ✍️#hellosign and was a data analytics Engineer at 👨‍🏫#udacity. Love all things data in general and am currently learning the ins and outs of 🦆#duckdb.

Finally fun fact about me, I played 🏉#rugby for 10 years and can still throw a solid back hand pass.

Show threadKaroline Nov 19, 2022
@johnmav I also did the #Udacity data analytics bootcamp 😁
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@spelled_with_a_k I loved that Nanodegree track 🤓
Nov 20, 2022 at 1:35amWeb
Show threadNereNov 25, 2022
@johnmav @spelled_with_a_k hello! I’m about to start a nanodegree with Udacity 😄
I see your happy with the experience, any advise? 🤓
Show threadJohn MavNov 25, 2022
@neeres Try and do a little bit everyday and I used to always encourage students to research further on optics independently via Google. A lot of the topics covered are covered by other free resources well, but it is a matter of knowing what you need to look for. What Nanodegree are you going to be doing?
Show threadKaroline Nov 25, 2022
@neeres @johnmav definitely block off time to do it. I was working from home at the time, so I was able to do my job in the morning and I always dedicated 3 hours in the afternoon Monday-Friday so I could finish on time. I found it well paced.
Show threadNereNov 25, 2022
@johnmav @spelled_with_a_k 🤓 thank you for the good advices. I’m going to do Full Stack Web Developer a lot of python, SQL, JavaScript and Kubernetes.
Show threadKaroline Nov 25, 2022
@neeres @johnmav I knew sql going into my program, but I had no experience with python before. I felt pretty good about my python skills after. They also do a good job with mixing up instructors and the projects are fun!
Show threadNereNov 25, 2022
@spelled_with_a_k @johnmav 🤓 happy to hear all your good experiences. I can’t wait to start!
Show threadKaroline Nov 25, 2022
@neeres @johnmav which degree are you doing?