Think Like Seniors

The $150k vs $250k Databricks Data Engineer: Why Technical Skills Aren’t Enough

The 18-month roadmap from "my work should speak for itself" to strategic visibility, high-impact projects, and data-driven compensation growth

Jan 5 • Jakub Lasak

The Databricks Technical Debt Navigation Guide: When to Ship and When to Perfect

The pragmatic judgment framework that senior engineers use to balance velocity and quality - with 8 real scenarios, decision templates, and a 30-day…

Dec 22, 2025 • Jakub Lasak

The Optimization Trap: Junior vs. Senior Data Engineers

One burns money, one builds ROI. Why your response to "make it faster" defines your career level.

Dec 1, 2025 • Jakub Lasak

Junior vs Senior: Databricks "MERGE INTO" Code Review

How seniors review for reliability, not syntax.

Nov 25, 2025 • Jakub Lasak

What’s the difference between a $100k, $200k, and $400k+ Databricks Data Engineer?

Asked this in a community with engineers at all levels.

Nov 3, 2025

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