GCGabriela Caldasinbyte-sizedjourneys.hashnode.dev·Jun 24 · 7 min readSnowflake Cost Optimization: A Practical Playbook for Data EngineersYou inherited a Snowflake environment or built one from scratch and at some point someone asked you: "Are we spending too much on this?" If you're a solo data engineer or a small team running a produc00
GCGabriela Caldasinbyte-sizedjourneys.hashnode.dev·Jun 9 · 6 min readWhat It's Actually Like Being a Solo Data Engineer at a Healthcare StartupLet me set the scene. It's a Tuesday morning. You've got a client launch coming up, the nightly pipeline ran, and one model didn't land the way it should have — some edge case buried in the transform 00
GCGabriela Caldasinbyte-sizedjourneys.hashnode.dev·May 27 · 7 min readWhat I Learned Migrating MySQL to Snowflake (The Hard Parts Nobody Talks About)We had a problem that many data teams know too well: nightly stored procedures that were supposed to run quietly in the background were instead failing, running too long, or leaving downstream process00
GCGabriela Caldasinbyte-sizedjourneys.hashnode.dev·May 10, 2025 · 2 min readSetting up your LinkedIn profileLinkedIn is a powerful tool for job seekers, especially if you're transitioning from a data analyst or database administrator role or aiming to advance to a senior position. Recruiters often use LinkedIn to find candidates, as many companies hire rec...00
GCGabriela Caldasinbyte-sizedjourneys.hashnode.dev·Mar 11, 2025 · 4 min readData Engineer Interview QuestionsToday, I decided to write about the data engineering interview process and some of the topics you should be familiar with. The entire process usually takes about four interviews on average.The first interview is a 15–30-minute phone screen with a rec...00
