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Jenna Jordan

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Data engineer in practice, data librarian at heart. Knitter, dog momma, board gamer, and consumer of sci-fi/fantasy of all mediums. Civic tech, data for good, peace/conflict data, and philosophizing thru data modeling https://jennajordan.me

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · Nov 9

One of my favorite things that I did in the old place was curate a list of Data Librarians.

#datalibs are one of my favorite communities, and I hope this starter pack can help us find each other again in this new place.

Please reply or DM me with more folks to add to the pack!

go.bsky.app/DPpUuPm

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 16h

For anyone who doesn't recognize the gif...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9le...

j-hope ‘Killin' It Girl (feat. GloRilla)’ Official MV

YouTube video by HYBE LABELS

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 23h

So psyched to see this talk come to life (I was working with them earlier this year!)

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

@matsonj.com is braving the perils of a live demo of the “duck stack” on stage - beyond impressive! 5 mins to get a duck lake up and running locally via a dbt project

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

Can’t miss the ducks!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

So happy Coalesce is hosting another women in data panel (though I kinda liked the lunch format of last year better)

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

Quick snap at the start, then knitting for the rest of it

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

You know I’m not going to miss a session about governance!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

And naturally I’m knitting my way through the sessions

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

First Coalesce session is…. On Fusion, of course!
@simon.podhajsky.net how does it feel to be meme famous?

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

Data angels are killing it on the main stage and bringing some major charisma!

You’re killing it girls!

a black and white photo of a person with a sword

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media.tenor.com

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

And right before Faith was her partner in smarter testing crime, Jerrie, presenting my favorite dbt Fusion powered feature, state aware orchestration!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 1d

My girl @faithebear.bsky.social closing out the Coalesce opening keynote with a wowzer “one more thing”… dbt Agents!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

Wait. Does this mean.... this is the last Coalesce?! Maybe there will continue to be some kind of conference for the community, but with this merger.... will it really be Coalesce anymore?

Is this party going to turn into a wake? 😭
Hopefully it's gonna be one hell of a party then....

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

"While we don’t know all of the answers yet, we absolutely believe that open source is a win-win for the community and the company, and we anticipate building more, not less, of it. Figuring out shared OSS strategy will be one of my biggest charters in the combined company."

👀 👀 👀

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

"We are already thinking about what existing software can be shipped under an OSS license (connectors? connector development kit?) and what standards we can invest in (or create)."

The community will certainly be watching! Hopefully this is the direction things go

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

"I know that at least some of you reading this will be concerned that Fivetran’s historical focus on building proprietary software might make its way into the ethos of dbt, but we anticipate quite the opposite."

Credit where credit is due, Tristan does address the main anxieties head on

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

Blog post from Tristan just dropped:

www.getdbt.com/blog/dbt-lab...

dbt Labs + Fivetran: Open data Infrastructure for analytics and AI | dbt Labs

Why we’re joining forces with Fivetran to build the future

www.getdbt.com

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 2d

Not exactly the news I was hoping for on my flight to Coalesce….

www.reuters.com/business/a16...

a16z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal

Data startups Fivetran and dbt Labs will merge in an all-stock deal, creating a combined data infrastructure company with nearly $600 million in annual revenue, the two companies told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 3d

Just looked at the pattern again to make sure, and there are a few more rows left than I thought, so I’m definitely bringing this shawl to knit with and not to wear at Coalesce 😅

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 4d

My goal is to finish and block this shawl in time to wear it at Coalesce, though we shall see. But then I need to decide on my next thing to knit, so I have something to work on while listening to talks!

Do I start another shawl, or maybe knit a hat?

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 4d

Next it was off to the nail salon, for a purple mani & pedi. Can’t type during that, so I just relaxed and read a book.

Now I’m cozied up on the couch, knitting to the Great British Baking Show. I only have a few rows left for the shawl I’ve knitted on at the last two Coalesces!

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 4d

Today was entirely a Coalesce prep day.

I started the day going to the hair salon, so I can have purple colored ends, and I was frantically working on my slides as the stylist coated on the bleach and then the color.

Then I met with my track lead, who was very forgiving of my unfinished slides

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 6d

I’m getting a good morning cackle over the fact that the folks liking this post are also known for writing absurdly long (and thoroughly excellent!) blog posts.

Nice to be in good company!

Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 6d

Good lord I really don't know how to write a short blog post

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 6d

This one is easily going to crack 8k too... and it will be published in a week because ACTUAL DEADLINES

(it's a blog post version of the talk I'm giving at Coalesce)

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Jenna Jordan @jennajordan.me · 6d

Good lord I really don't know how to write a short blog post

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