Data Professionals at Work
暫譯: 數據專業人士的工作

Malathi Mahadevan

  • 出版商: Apress
  • 出版日期: 2018-10-12
  • 售價: $1,360
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,292
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 376
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 1484239660
  • ISBN-13: 9781484239667
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商品描述

Enjoy reading interviews with more than two dozen data professionals to see a picture of what it’s like to work in the industry managing and analyzing data, helping you to know what it takes to move from your current expertise into one of the fastest growing areas of technology today. Data is the hottest word of the century, and data professionals are in high demand. You may already be a data professional such as a database administrator or business intelligence analyst. Or you may be one of the many people who want to work as a data professional, and are curious how to get there. Either way, this collection helps you understand how data professionals work, what makes them successful, and what they do to keep up.

You’ll find interviews in this book with database administrators, database programmers, data architects, business intelligence professionals, and analytics professionals. Interviewees work across industry sectors ranging from healthcare and banking to finance and transportation and beyond. Each chapter illuminates a successful professional at the top of their game, who shares what helped them get to the top, and what skills and attitudes combine to make them successful in their respective fields.

Interviewees in the book include: Mindy Curnutt, Julie Smith, Kenneth Fisher, Andy Leonard, Jes Borland, Kevin Feasel, Ginger Grant, Vicky Harp, Kendra Little, Jason Brimhall, Tim Costello, Andy Mallon, Steph Locke, Jonathan Stewart, Joseph Sack, John Q. Martin, John Morehouse, Kathi Kellenberger, Argenis Fernandez, Kirsten Benzel, Tracy Boggiano, Dave Walden, Matt Gordon, Jimmy May, Drew Furgiuele, Marlon Ribunal, and Joseph Fleming. All of them have been successful in their careers, and share their perspectives on working and succeeding in the field as data and database professionals. 

What You'll Learn

  • Stand out as an outstanding professional in your area of data work by developing the right set of skills and attitudes that lead to success
  • Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls, and recover from operational failures and bad technology decisions
  • Understand current trends and best practices, and stay out in front as the field evolves
  • Break into working with data through database administration, business intelligence, or any of the other career paths represented in this book
  • Manage stress and develop a healthy work-life balance no matter which career path you decide upon
  • Choose a suitable path for yourself from among the different career paths in working with data

Who This Book Is For


Database administrators and developers, database and business intelligence architects, consultants, and analytic professionals, as well as those intent on moving into one of those career paths. Aspiring data professionals and those in related technical fields who want to make a move toward managing or analyzing data on a full-time basis will find the book useful. Existing data professionals who want to be outstanding and successful at what they do will also appreciate the book's advice and guidance.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

享受閱讀與二十多位數據專業人士的訪談,了解在數據管理和分析行業工作的情況,幫助你了解如何從目前的專業知識轉向當今科技領域中增長最快的領域之一。數據是本世紀最熱門的詞彙,數據專業人士的需求量很高。你可能已經是一名數據專業人士,例如數據庫管理員或商業智慧分析師。或者你可能是眾多希望成為數據專業人士的人之一,並且對如何達成這一目標感到好奇。無論哪種情況,這本書的內容都能幫助你了解數據專業人士的工作方式、成功的要素,以及他們如何保持競爭力。

這本書中包含了數據庫管理員、數據庫程序員、數據架構師、商業智慧專業人士和分析專業人士的訪談。受訪者來自醫療、銀行、金融、交通等行業,甚至更廣泛的領域。每一章都聚焦於一位在其領域中表現卓越的專業人士,分享他們如何達到頂尖地位,以及哪些技能和態度使他們在各自的領域中取得成功。

書中的受訪者包括:Mindy Curnutt、Julie Smith、Kenneth Fisher、Andy Leonard、Jes Borland、Kevin Feasel、Ginger Grant、Vicky Harp、Kendra Little、Jason Brimhall、Tim Costello、Andy Mallon、Steph Locke、Jonathan Stewart、Joseph Sack、John Q. Martin、John Morehouse、Kathi Kellenberger、Argenis Fernandez、Kirsten Benzel、Tracy Boggiano、Dave Walden、Matt Gordon、Jimmy May、Drew Furgiuele、Marlon Ribunal 和 Joseph Fleming。他們在各自的職業生涯中都取得了成功,並分享了他們在數據和數據庫專業領域工作的觀點和成功經驗。

你將學到什麼


  • 通過發展正確的技能和態度,讓自己在數據工作領域中脫穎而出,邁向成功


  • 避免常見的錯誤和陷阱,並從操作失敗和不良技術決策中恢復


  • 了解當前趨勢和最佳實踐,隨著領域的演變保持領先

  • 通過數據庫管理、商業智慧或本書中代表的其他職業路徑進入數據工作領域


  • 管理壓力,無論選擇哪條職業路徑,都能發展健康的工作與生活平衡


  • 從不同的數據工作職業路徑中選擇適合自己的道路



本書適合誰


數據庫管理員和開發人員、數據庫和商業智慧架構師、顧問和分析專業人士,以及那些希望轉向這些職業路徑的人。渴望成為數據專業人士的人士以及希望全職管理或分析數據的相關技術領域從業者將會發現本書非常有用。現有的數據專業人士如果希望在自己的工作中表現卓越和成功,也會欣賞本書的建議和指導。