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Jacques Sham

The Reward Came at the End of the Year

The first half of 2023 was not an easy time for me as I was laid off from my previous company. Luckily, I was able to receive a job offer…

May 22

The Reward Came at the End of the Year

May 22

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Level Up Coding

Skewed Data on a Scatterplot

Continuing the discussion on skewed data after the previous article of Skewed Data on a Bar Chart, it is more common to encounter skewed…

Apr 25

Skewed Data on a Scatterplot

Apr 25

Jacques Sham

Rest for the Long Journey

Since COVID started, I have not been back to Hong Kong to visit my family and I have not been to Japan for 10 years, or Tokyo for 27 years…

Apr 10

Rest for the Long Journey

Apr 10

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Level Up Coding

Using Sankey Chart for Financial Reports

Not long ago, I saw this Reddit post generated a Sankey chart on visualizing the 2022 Income statement of Google’s parent company, Alphabet…

Mar 27

Using Sankey Chart for Financial Reports

Mar 27

Jacques Sham

The “Power” of Germany

When I flew back from Prague to San Francisco on my first business trip to Prague when I was working at GoodData, my flight from Prague to…

Mar 13

The “Power” of Germany

Mar 13

Jacques Sham

A Better Way to Display Skewed Data on a Bar Chart

The Bar Chart is a very great visualization to show the distribution of several categorized data. It is easy to generate, read, and…

Feb 28

A Better Way to Display Skewed Data on a Bar Chart

Feb 28

Jacques Sham

Does Contributing to 401(k) Bring Down Your Future Tax Bracket if You are a Techie who Lives in San…

One of my New Year’s plans is to review my financial strategy for 2024 budgets and long-term investments. One of the questions raised when…

Feb 14

Does Contributing to 401(k) Bring Down Your Future Tax Bracket if You are a Techie who Lives in San…

Feb 14

Jacques Sham
in
Level Up Coding

Why dbt Make Sense for ELT?

In my other article, ETL vs ELT for Analytics Backend, I mentioned dbt is a popular has become more popular because dbt is very easy to…

Nov 8, 2023

Why dbt Make Sense for ELT?

Nov 8, 2023

Jacques Sham

ETL vs ELT for Analytics Backend

Even if you are not a data engineer, you may notice ETL and ELT are not the same thing. However, you might not be able to tell the…

Oct 25, 2023

ETL vs ELT for Analytics Backend

Oct 25, 2023

Jacques Sham

How I Bounce Back after being Laid Off in 2023

One week before my long vacation in April 2023, HR scheduled a meeting with me and told me that that was the last day. Although it was a…

Oct 11, 2023

How I Bounce Back after being Laid Off in 2023

Oct 11, 2023

Jacques Sham

Jacques Sham

A data analyst at a digital consulting firm, a whisky-lover, an aviation enthusiast, and a gamer. Concern how to use data science to answer questions.

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