How to Turn Passion into Profession - Networking, Learning, and Leveraging Experiences | Alex Merced Data Podcast for Nerds!

Learn all about how a Developer Advocate uses data to solve the world's problems, one programming language at a time.



If you think that you have too much of a random background to break into data, you gotta listen to Alex's origin story! He has done basically everything under the sun before officially getting his dream data job with Dremio.



Alex went from playing video games, practicing as a rockstar, owning a hobby store, learning just about every programming language out there, and everything in between.



Quote: "I'm happy with the story I've had, but I'm always glad to continue making the story more fun"



Highlights ✨

- How to level up your skills when you're grounded

- Starting several business, all through networking

- Using content creation as a means for learning



Alex already gave his warning, join us for the ride, this episode is jam packed full of fun!



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