Career notes
What this job actually looks like, and how I think about it.
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Learning how to learn: my notes from the course everyone should take
Notes from Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski's famous Coursera course — how memory works, why procrastination hurts, and the tricks that actually help you learn faster.
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Freelance vs permanent: what the recruiters leave out
The real trade-offs of going freelance with a partita IVA in Italy vs staying permanent — money, taxes, freedom, risk, and the stuff nobody mentions until it's too late.
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How I became a data engineer without a CS degree
My path from the University of Turin to Spark clusters and Databricks certifications — the detours, the lucky breaks, and what I'd tell someone starting today.
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What I actually do as a data engineer
A plain-language tour of what a data engineer's day looks like — pipelines, plumbing, and the parts that don't make it into job postings.