My career advice for students (& everyone else) - Part 1
Or, how to be a good member of your professional community
Jenna Jordan
I do data stuff with python + SQL. Learned to code at library school. Knitter. Dog mom. Nerdy for sci-fi/fantasy, board games, and well-wrangled data.
Latest posts
So you want to build a data mesh
... with your dbt project(s)
The librarian’s reference interview for data teams
What data teams can learn from the reference interview librarians perform to identify and serve true information needs
Data Day Texas 2025 - Key Takeaways
Key Themes and Takeaways to recap my experience at Data Day Texas 2025 (DDTX25)
dbt Community Spotlight
dbt Community Spotlight feature from Nov 2024
Reflecting on my tenure at the City of Boston
what I've learned and accomplished during my 2+ years as a data engineer on the Analytics team
The Transformation Flow, Part 1 - building intuition
preparing to dive deeper into the flow of transformations in an analytical data warehouse
Analytical Data Warehouses - an introduction
what? how? why? data warehousing for analytics, explained (mostly)
Life Since Grad School
from grad student to working data professional
Carpentries Workshops
An overview of the workshops I've taught, including a semester-long syllabus.