In June 2020, my friend and classmate from secondary school, Kweyakie Afi Blebo, and I reconnected after a few years. We shared a common interest. We were studying for the Microsoft Azure Data Science certification exams. We had a study plan and so we’d hop on Zoom calls studying and…

How to mentor efficiently, picking up pace with the right resources — I’m dreading starting this article because I’m not sure how it will end or exactly what course it’ll take. I’m shy — my last published article was in February and to be honest, I’m not so proud of that. But I’m back now and that should count for something. …

Moving from Synapse Analytics to Databricks — Our love affair with Azure Synapse has suddenly come to an end. Today we’ll be learning about another great service provided by Microsoft. Databricks has its advantages. In that it processes data stored in storage houses such as Azure Blob storage, Azure Data Lake Store, data warehouses and databases. …

1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days. That’s how long I’ve been a trainee data scientist. But who’s counting? No one. Right? I’ll round it up till about a week or two ago. My task at work massively involved Machine learning. I was identifying trends and generating predictions to make…

Starting with Azure Synapse Analytics — Data Flows style — In my last article about using Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, we covered how to navigate the platform and perform Data Analytics tasks using notebooks. For the benefit of those who are new here, let’s have a quick recap shall we. The platform is a Data Science tool used to process…

One girl. Two Microsoft Azure certifications. My very first published article on Medium for my Data Science journey was on how I passed the Microsoft AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals. This past weekend, I wrote the DP-100 exam I introduced to you in a previous article. I’ll be frank here. I was…

Starting with Azure Synapse Analytics — Notebook style — Today we are delving into Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics. I am sharing this introductory article on how to use Synapse. This platform is a Data Science tool which aids in processing and analyzing Big Data. Since this platform workspace is in its preview state, there is not much information on…

Mark this. On the 12th of October 2020, I started my first official job after graduation. I got the offer to work in a software company as a Junior Data Scientist. All my hard work of studying has paid off and I couldn’t be happier. If you have been following…