Damien Jones
UK Data Engineer. Blogger at amazonwebshark.com. Fin Fan. Dog Dad. He/Him.
Manchester, United Kingdom
I’m Damien, a male in my late thirties from Northern England and my preferred pronouns are he/him. I am currently a Data Engineer specialising in SQL Server and Python, using AWS and Azure clouds.
My tech journey started in 1991 when the family Amiga 500+ arrived at Christmas. I started out as a gamer and ended up following tutorials about AMOS and Blitz BASIC to make some games of my own! I never looked at Pong in the same way again.
I was fortunate enough to be offered my first technology role in 2016, at which point it became clear to me how fast-paced the world of technology is! This put me on a good path to being more self-confident, and I remain on that path to this day.
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Racing Towards Insights: Analysing the Sale Sizzler 5k Series with VSCode Data Wrangler And Power BI
In this session, I explore the capabilities of the Visual Studio Code Data Wrangler extension and Microsoft Power BI using real results from the Sale Sizzler 5k race series. I'll uncover valuable insights through engaging visualisations and user-friendly and low-code data transformations.
This session will cover the following key steps:
- Discovering the convenience of the Visual Studio Code Data Wrangler extension for effortlessly transforming and cleaning the race results
- Taking a closer look at the Python code generated by Data Wrangler to understand what's happening behind the scenes.
- Loading the transformed race results into Power BI to generate informative visualisations and analyse trends.
Join me if you're a data professional, a budding analyst or a sports enthusiast!
Damien Jones
UK Data Engineer. Blogger at amazonwebshark.com. Fin Fan. Dog Dad. He/Him.
Manchester, United Kingdom