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David Roman-Halliday<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

I’m a professional geek and data wizard. I’ve been using computers since I could sit in a chair and press buttons (thanks for the family BBC Micro).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After working in education and then systems administration, I got into data warehousing and BI in 2009 and found a love for working with data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is a collection of thoughts, advice and technical guidance for people working with data, or working with data teams. It started out as a collection of older notes on database and data warehousing tips, tricks and solutions (many of which still need curating into worthwhile articles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find out about my professional work over on LinkedIn: http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-halliday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a professional geek and data wizard. I’ve been using computers since I could sit in a chair and press buttons (thanks for the family BBC Micro). After working in education and then systems administration, I got into data warehousing and BI in 2009 and found a love for working with data. This blog is…<\/p>\n

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