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Notes on data work, the UK job market, and the odd essay
Numbers from the UK data market each month, short notes from real engineering, and sometimes something longer. Older essays live on Medium.
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Dry-run your dbt models before you pay for them
BigQuery will tell you what a query costs before it runs. Here is how to put that number in the pull request, using a small open-source tool I wrote
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UK data jobs, October 2026: the numbers, and what changed
Data engineer and data analyst pay and ad counts in the UK this autumn, the Graduate visa change coming in January, and the ICO's call on agentic AI
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Tailor a data engineering application with AI in twenty minutes
A repeatable 20-minute workflow for tailoring your CV and cover note to one job ad using an AI assistant, without inventing anything
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Five question families in UK mid-level data engineering interviews
The five types of question that come up in UK mid-level data engineering interviews, how to prepare for each, and what a strong answer looks like
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What a UK data engineering CV actually needs
A practical guide to a two-page UK data engineering CV: the summary line, impact bullets, skills order and the conventions recruiters expect
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