Stan Pugsley

Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant

Stan Pugsley is a freelance data engineering and analytics consultant based in Salt Lake City, UT. He is also a lecturer at the University of Utah Eccles School of Business. You can reach the author via email.

Where to Go Next in Your Data Career

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on May 22, 2024 in Career Advice
We are all looking for the right opportunities in our career. In the landscape of data-related careers, the roles can be grouped into classes, and future opportunities tend to follow natural migration paths between the class groups.
A Roadmap For Your Data Career

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on February 19, 2024 in Career Advice
As you design your career in data, you’ve got to avoid getting stuck in your comfort zone or allowing your manager or current situation to determine your path.
Getting Started with Graph Database Queries, with Cheat Sheet!

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on November 6, 2023 in Data Engineering
Graph databases are quickly becoming a core part of the analytics toolset for enterprise IT organizations. If you know SQL, you can easily learn Cypher and open up a huge opportunity for data analysis.
Telling a Great Data Story: A Visualization Decision Tree

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on November 22, 2022 in Data Science
Pick your visualizations strategically. They need to tell a story.
Full Stack Everything? Organizational Intersections Between Data Science, Dev & Tech

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on August 3, 2022 in Data Science
Breakthrough value is found when teams collaborate at their intersections to come up with innovative solutions.
Data Preparation in R Cheatsheet

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on July 5, 2022 in Data Science
Leverage the powerful data wrangling tools in R’s dplyr to clean and prepare your data.
Data Preparation with SQL Cheatsheet

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on June 27, 2022 in SQL
If your raw data is in a SQL-based data lake, why spend the time and money to export the data into a new platform for data prep?
Forget Telling Stories; Help People Navigate

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on March 15, 2021 in Data Analysis, Data Science, Infographic, KPI, Storytelling
When designing reporting & visualizations, think of them as part of a navigation framework rather than stand-alone information.
Data Science vs Business Intelligence, Explained

By Stan Pugsley, Data Engineering and Analytics Consultant on February 10, 2021 in BI, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Explained
Knowing the differences between the business intelligence and data science is more than just a matter of semantics.

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