by Ember Crooks | Jun 27, 2023 | Ember's Data Science Journey, Featured, snowflake
I am so excited about the new job that I’m starting on July 5th! I’m joining the Field CTO office at Snowflake as a Principal Architect, Data Performance. In this role, I’ll be tackling the thorniest performance issues that clients or potential...
by Ember Crooks | Jun 20, 2023 | Featured
Table spaces are one of the more powerful tools in Db2 that are largely invisible. We used to have to spend a lot more time on table space management. Basics and Terminology Some of the terms here are rarely needed any more, and may not be something you run into every...
by Ember Crooks | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured
There is a part of me that just wants to spill everything about my job search in blog entries and LinkedIn posts. Some of this would be valuable information for readers, and it would certainly be cathartic for me. However, I don’t think it would be in my best...
by Ember Crooks | May 30, 2023 | DB2, Db2vsMySQL, Featured, mysql
With a year of fairly extensive MySQL experience under my belt, and uncertainty as to which exciting direction my career will take me next, I wanted to take a moment to write about some of the differences between Db2 and MySQL at a fairly high level.… Read the...
by Ember Crooks | May 10, 2023 | Featured
It’s amazing that I’ve had a 22-year career in tech, and until last week, I had never been laid off. Last week, I was a victim of the 20% layoffs at Shopify. Along with me came very talented people with years of experience there.… Read the rest
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