Hi there⌗

My name is Sam, and, sometimes, I like to write.

My hobbies are chess, poker, riding bikes, hiking, computer science, and being a good person.

I am currently working as a Data Engineer at Amazon.

My work includes:

• AWS (Redshift, SNS/SQS, Glue, EMR, Lambda, etc..) managed via CDK
• Database Administration/Maintenance (Multiple Redshift Clusters, RDS, and Dynamo DB)
• I read/write a lot of SQL (mostly in Redshift which is a fork of Postgres or EMR using the Spark SQL API) also Python, TypeScript, and Java
• Creating batch & streaming data pipelines, data modeling
• Develop LP models, simulations, etc… to optimize small aspects of our supply chain

What I’m learning about/deep diving right now:

• Database Mangement Systems (Andy Pavlo is the best)
• Algorithms and Data Structures commonly used in DBMS
• Computer Networking (Reading through the TCP/IP guide)
• Data Science at the command line
• My stand up comedy routine

Relevant Links:⌗

• My LinkedIn
• My Cycling Team

“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson