Yordan Ivanov
@ivanovyordan.com
Head of Data Eng | Building modern systems + sharper leaders
✍️ datagibberish.com | 📕 ivanovyordan.com
✍️ datagibberish.com | 📕 ivanovyordan.com
More code ≠ more influence.
Clarity.
Context.
Communication.
That’s what makes you the expert.
Not the monkey.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Clarity.
Context.
Communication.
That’s what makes you the expert.
Not the monkey.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
More code ≠ more influence.
Clarity.
Context.
Communication.
That’s what makes you the expert.
Not the monkey.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Clarity.
Context.
Communication.
That’s what makes you the expert.
Not the monkey.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
You write docs nobody reads.
Then wonder why nobody trusts your judgment.
Docs aren’t paperwork.
They’re proof you think in systems, not sprints.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Then wonder why nobody trusts your judgment.
Docs aren’t paperwork.
They’re proof you think in systems, not sprints.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You write docs nobody reads.
Then wonder why nobody trusts your judgment.
Docs aren’t paperwork.
They’re proof you think in systems, not sprints.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Then wonder why nobody trusts your judgment.
Docs aren’t paperwork.
They’re proof you think in systems, not sprints.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Data governance isn’t a doc.
It’s receipts.
You need
→ 3 objectives
→ a Slack ping
→ one-pager that proves you run clean
Guide for hands-on data leads:
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/intro-to-data-governance-for-data-engineers-mini-course
It’s receipts.
You need
→ 3 objectives
→ a Slack ping
→ one-pager that proves you run clean
Guide for hands-on data leads:
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/intro-to-data-governance-for-data-engineers-mini-course
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Data governance isn’t a doc.
It’s receipts.
You need
→ 3 objectives
→ a Slack ping
→ one-pager that proves you run clean
Guide for hands-on data leads:
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/intro-to-data-governance-for-data-engineers-mini-course
It’s receipts.
You need
→ 3 objectives
→ a Slack ping
→ one-pager that proves you run clean
Guide for hands-on data leads:
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/intro-to-data-governance-for-data-engineers-mini-course
You don’t get roadmap influence by begging.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You don’t get roadmap influence by begging.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
AI replaces grunt work
not your sharp thinking.
Let AI take low-leverage tasks.
Build trust and clear data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs and accelerate delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
not your sharp thinking.
Let AI take low-leverage tasks.
Build trust and clear data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs and accelerate delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
AI replaces grunt work
not your sharp thinking.
Let AI take low-leverage tasks.
Build trust and clear data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs and accelerate delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
not your sharp thinking.
Let AI take low-leverage tasks.
Build trust and clear data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs and accelerate delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
You don’t get roadmap influence by begging.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You don’t get roadmap influence by begging.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
You earn it by being predictable, boring, and right.
Predictability builds trust.
Trust buys autonomy.
Autonomy creates influence.
Ship clean. Communicate risk early.
Then you won’t ask for a seat.
They’ll save you one.
Unclear success kills data projects.
Without clarity, scope balloons and budgets bleed.
Define done in one measurable sentence.
Cut rework and align teams with one clear goal.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
Without clarity, scope balloons and budgets bleed.
Define done in one measurable sentence.
Cut rework and align teams with one clear goal.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Unclear success kills data projects.
Without clarity, scope balloons and budgets bleed.
Define done in one measurable sentence.
Cut rework and align teams with one clear goal.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
Without clarity, scope balloons and budgets bleed.
Define done in one measurable sentence.
Cut rework and align teams with one clear goal.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
Every company has a Jira graveyard
full of brilliant but irrelevant tickets.
full of brilliant but irrelevant tickets.
November 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every company has a Jira graveyard
full of brilliant but irrelevant tickets.
full of brilliant but irrelevant tickets.
Most data engineers don’t burn out from bad code.
They burn out from bad scope.
Seniors say “I’ll try.”
Staffs ask “Which moves the business most?”
Clarity = leverage.
When everything’s important, nothing is.
If nothing breaks when you skip it,
you’ve found your first no.
They burn out from bad scope.
Seniors say “I’ll try.”
Staffs ask “Which moves the business most?”
Clarity = leverage.
When everything’s important, nothing is.
If nothing breaks when you skip it,
you’ve found your first no.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Most data engineers don’t burn out from bad code.
They burn out from bad scope.
Seniors say “I’ll try.”
Staffs ask “Which moves the business most?”
Clarity = leverage.
When everything’s important, nothing is.
If nothing breaks when you skip it,
you’ve found your first no.
They burn out from bad scope.
Seniors say “I’ll try.”
Staffs ask “Which moves the business most?”
Clarity = leverage.
When everything’s important, nothing is.
If nothing breaks when you skip it,
you’ve found your first no.
No one owns your migration?
It’s dead.
Assign a single owner who can cut scope and ship.
This single move kills delays, cuts cost, and clears scope.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
It’s dead.
Assign a single owner who can cut scope and ship.
This single move kills delays, cuts cost, and clears scope.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
No one owns your migration?
It’s dead.
Assign a single owner who can cut scope and ship.
This single move kills delays, cuts cost, and clears scope.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
It’s dead.
Assign a single owner who can cut scope and ship.
This single move kills delays, cuts cost, and clears scope.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/why-data-engineering-projects-die
AI will replace grunt tasks, not your judgment.
Use AI to kill friction and speed pipelines.
Build trust, clean data first.
Cut cloud waste and rework.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
Use AI to kill friction and speed pipelines.
Build trust, clean data first.
Cut cloud waste and rework.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
AI will replace grunt tasks, not your judgment.
Use AI to kill friction and speed pipelines.
Build trust, clean data first.
Cut cloud waste and rework.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
Use AI to kill friction and speed pipelines.
Build trust, clean data first.
Cut cloud waste and rework.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
Tools ≠ Strategy.
One is a lever.
The other decides what’s worth lifting.
“Our strategy is moving to Snowflake.”
No. That’s procurement.
Strategy is the why.
Tools are the how.
One is a lever.
The other decides what’s worth lifting.
“Our strategy is moving to Snowflake.”
No. That’s procurement.
Strategy is the why.
Tools are the how.
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Tools ≠ Strategy.
One is a lever.
The other decides what’s worth lifting.
“Our strategy is moving to Snowflake.”
No. That’s procurement.
Strategy is the why.
Tools are the how.
One is a lever.
The other decides what’s worth lifting.
“Our strategy is moving to Snowflake.”
No. That’s procurement.
Strategy is the why.
Tools are the how.
If a pipeline falls in the forest and
no exec sees it, did it even exist?
You build great stuff no one sees.
Then wonder why your budget gets cut.
Visibility builds trust.
Trust builds sponsors.
Shout your wins before you ever need to say no.
no exec sees it, did it even exist?
You build great stuff no one sees.
Then wonder why your budget gets cut.
Visibility builds trust.
Trust builds sponsors.
Shout your wins before you ever need to say no.
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If a pipeline falls in the forest and
no exec sees it, did it even exist?
You build great stuff no one sees.
Then wonder why your budget gets cut.
Visibility builds trust.
Trust builds sponsors.
Shout your wins before you ever need to say no.
no exec sees it, did it even exist?
You build great stuff no one sees.
Then wonder why your budget gets cut.
Visibility builds trust.
Trust builds sponsors.
Shout your wins before you ever need to say no.
AI kills grunt work, not your judgment.
Let AI handle tedious tasks.
Build trust & clean data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs, speed delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
Let AI handle tedious tasks.
Build trust & clean data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs, speed delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
AI kills grunt work, not your judgment.
Let AI handle tedious tasks.
Build trust & clean data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs, speed delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
Let AI handle tedious tasks.
Build trust & clean data first.
Use AI to cut cloud costs, speed delivery.
https://www.datagibberish.com/p/group-enablement-call-oct-2025-ai-friend-or-foe
P.S. Save or repost to lead AI change.
Someone once said to me:
“ Why do we need tests for SQL? It’s just queries.
Two weeks later, they asked why the numbers were wrong.
**Pain is a great manager.**
“ Why do we need tests for SQL? It’s just queries.
Two weeks later, they asked why the numbers were wrong.
**Pain is a great manager.**
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Someone once said to me:
“ Why do we need tests for SQL? It’s just queries.
Two weeks later, they asked why the numbers were wrong.
**Pain is a great manager.**
“ Why do we need tests for SQL? It’s just queries.
Two weeks later, they asked why the numbers were wrong.
**Pain is a great manager.**
**I stopped saying “we fixed the ETL.”**
Started saying “we stopped $50K in losses.”
Same work.
Different paycheck.
**Language turns maintenance into strategy.**
Started saying “we stopped $50K in losses.”
Same work.
Different paycheck.
**Language turns maintenance into strategy.**
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
**I stopped saying “we fixed the ETL.”**
Started saying “we stopped $50K in losses.”
Same work.
Different paycheck.
**Language turns maintenance into strategy.**
Started saying “we stopped $50K in losses.”
Same work.
Different paycheck.
**Language turns maintenance into strategy.**
Hard work makes you valuable.
Clarity makes you visible.
Most data engineers stay stuck not for lack of skill.
But because they act like executors, not experts.
If your work “speaks for itself,” it’s whispering.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Clarity makes you visible.
Most data engineers stay stuck not for lack of skill.
But because they act like executors, not experts.
If your work “speaks for itself,” it’s whispering.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Hard work makes you valuable.
Clarity makes you visible.
Most data engineers stay stuck not for lack of skill.
But because they act like executors, not experts.
If your work “speaks for itself,” it’s whispering.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Clarity makes you visible.
Most data engineers stay stuck not for lack of skill.
But because they act like executors, not experts.
If your work “speaks for itself,” it’s whispering.
https://links.ivanovyordan.com/jHep
Most “data leaders” I know don’t have the title.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Most “data leaders” I know don’t have the title.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
7,000 data pros read Data Gibberish now.
It started with one post nobody saw.
Two years of showing up.
Just clarity, consistency, and trust.
50% off Data Gibberish Pro till Friday
https://www.datagibberish.com/78183657
It started with one post nobody saw.
Two years of showing up.
Just clarity, consistency, and trust.
50% off Data Gibberish Pro till Friday
https://www.datagibberish.com/78183657
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
7,000 data pros read Data Gibberish now.
It started with one post nobody saw.
Two years of showing up.
Just clarity, consistency, and trust.
50% off Data Gibberish Pro till Friday
https://www.datagibberish.com/78183657
It started with one post nobody saw.
Two years of showing up.
Just clarity, consistency, and trust.
50% off Data Gibberish Pro till Friday
https://www.datagibberish.com/78183657
Most “data leaders” I know don’t have the title.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Most “data leaders” I know don’t have the title.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
They’re the ones others ask:
“How should we model this?”
“Does this metric make sense?”
Leadership isn’t a badge.
It’s a reputation for clarity under pressure.
Silence kills data careers
More than incompetence
You think it makes you look in control.
It doesn’t.
It makes people nervous.
Leaders don’t see effort.
They see absence.
Fix the bug, but show the work.
Because great engineers solve problems.
Visible engineers get promoted.
More than incompetence
You think it makes you look in control.
It doesn’t.
It makes people nervous.
Leaders don’t see effort.
They see absence.
Fix the bug, but show the work.
Because great engineers solve problems.
Visible engineers get promoted.
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Silence kills data careers
More than incompetence
You think it makes you look in control.
It doesn’t.
It makes people nervous.
Leaders don’t see effort.
They see absence.
Fix the bug, but show the work.
Because great engineers solve problems.
Visible engineers get promoted.
More than incompetence
You think it makes you look in control.
It doesn’t.
It makes people nervous.
Leaders don’t see effort.
They see absence.
Fix the bug, but show the work.
Because great engineers solve problems.
Visible engineers get promoted.
Hate “AI strategy” meetings?
Skip the roadmap.
Make AI boring, safe & default.
Rule: Every task starts with an AI draft.
Tool: Whatever your team actually uses.
Goal: Faster output, same brains.
We don’t outsource thinking.
We outsource typing.
Skip the roadmap.
Make AI boring, safe & default.
Rule: Every task starts with an AI draft.
Tool: Whatever your team actually uses.
Goal: Faster output, same brains.
We don’t outsource thinking.
We outsource typing.
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hate “AI strategy” meetings?
Skip the roadmap.
Make AI boring, safe & default.
Rule: Every task starts with an AI draft.
Tool: Whatever your team actually uses.
Goal: Faster output, same brains.
We don’t outsource thinking.
We outsource typing.
Skip the roadmap.
Make AI boring, safe & default.
Rule: Every task starts with an AI draft.
Tool: Whatever your team actually uses.
Goal: Faster output, same brains.
We don’t outsource thinking.
We outsource typing.
Hate writing docs?
Start doing this instead:
1/ Record your screen while explaining the task
2/ Transcribe it
3/ Paste it into this AI prompt
4/ Copy, paste, done
No more blank pages.
Just clean, helpful docs in 7 mins.
Guide + promp: https://links.ivanovyordan.com/j2cU
Start doing this instead:
1/ Record your screen while explaining the task
2/ Transcribe it
3/ Paste it into this AI prompt
4/ Copy, paste, done
No more blank pages.
Just clean, helpful docs in 7 mins.
Guide + promp: https://links.ivanovyordan.com/j2cU
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Hate writing docs?
Start doing this instead:
1/ Record your screen while explaining the task
2/ Transcribe it
3/ Paste it into this AI prompt
4/ Copy, paste, done
No more blank pages.
Just clean, helpful docs in 7 mins.
Guide + promp: https://links.ivanovyordan.com/j2cU
Start doing this instead:
1/ Record your screen while explaining the task
2/ Transcribe it
3/ Paste it into this AI prompt
4/ Copy, paste, done
No more blank pages.
Just clean, helpful docs in 7 mins.
Guide + promp: https://links.ivanovyordan.com/j2cU
If I had to start from zero in data again
here’s what I’d do:
1/ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
Learn how data really lives.
SQL, indexes, joins. Don’t rush.
Understanding query plans will save you 80% of pain later.
here’s what I’d do:
1/ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
Learn how data really lives.
SQL, indexes, joins. Don’t rush.
Understanding query plans will save you 80% of pain later.
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If I had to start from zero in data again
here’s what I’d do:
1/ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
Learn how data really lives.
SQL, indexes, joins. Don’t rush.
Understanding query plans will save you 80% of pain later.
here’s what I’d do:
1/ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
Learn how data really lives.
SQL, indexes, joins. Don’t rush.
Understanding query plans will save you 80% of pain later.
AI won’t replace you.
Mediocrity will.
Without real skills, your only “edge” is prompt engineering.
But if everyone can do that, you have no edge.
AI makes the average faster, not better.
Your moat isn’t prompts.
It’s judgment.
Mediocrity will.
Without real skills, your only “edge” is prompt engineering.
But if everyone can do that, you have no edge.
AI makes the average faster, not better.
Your moat isn’t prompts.
It’s judgment.
October 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
AI won’t replace you.
Mediocrity will.
Without real skills, your only “edge” is prompt engineering.
But if everyone can do that, you have no edge.
AI makes the average faster, not better.
Your moat isn’t prompts.
It’s judgment.
Mediocrity will.
Without real skills, your only “edge” is prompt engineering.
But if everyone can do that, you have no edge.
AI makes the average faster, not better.
Your moat isn’t prompts.
It’s judgment.