https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/ba-p/17997 <P><STRONG>Featured Member Interview - December 2022</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Patrycjusz Sienkiewicz - <a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/59366">@Pat</a> Sienkiewicz</STRONG>​&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":star:">⭐</span>️</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Community nickname: Pat</P> <P>Pronouns: He/Him</P> <P>Job Title: Data Engineer</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Databricks Certifications Completed:</STRONG></P> <P><I>Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional</I></P> <P><I>Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0</I></P> <P><I>Academy Accreditation - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals </I></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Could you give a brief description of your professional journey to date?</STRONG></P> <P>A. In my years as a student, I got interested in data and started out by interning as an ETL Developer. I have spent my career working with Data Warehouses. In 2015, I learnt about Spark and I've been doing a lot of work in the Big Data/ Hadoop field. In 2017, I transitioned to Apache Spark - on-prem/ AWS Glue/ AWS EMR/ Databricks. I still remember the very first version used; a delta of 0.4.0 with Spark on-prem.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What is your favorite thing about your current job/ role?</STRONG></P> <P>A. I've been able to take all that I've learnt throughout my career and apply it in my new role. I had a chance to work on designing solution architecture, data modeling, coding infrastructure, and following best practices with all the newest features.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What are three words your coworkers would use to describe you?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Reliable, Fun, and Hard-working</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>When, and why did you start using Databricks?</STRONG></P> <P>A. My first experience with Databricks was in 2019. I was involved in a proof of concept for migrating a Scala Spark application from Hadoop to Databricks. It was a long time ago, but when I had the chance to work with Databricks again in October 2021, I was impressed by how it had changed.</P> <P>We have been using Databricks to build a multi-region/ multi-tenant solution. It's been challenging, but I've learnt a lot as I use it. Trying to keep up-to-date with all the features with recent changes. I’d like to thank the Community for all the help received and encouraged me to contribute back.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What were some of the things that impressed you? Or stood out to you when you used Databricks again in 2021?</STRONG></P> <P>A. I was impressed by how quickly I could put together production-grade data pipelines using Databricks notebooks and jobs. I enjoyed that I could use the latest version of Spark with all its custom improvements and optimizations. It sped up my data delivery process, but it also introduced compute cost savings. Here are a few features to mention: Delta Tables, AQE, improved Spark UI and Databricks pools.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Do you have a favorite Databricks feature? Something that makes your life a lot</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>easier? Or more interesting?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Unity Catalog simplifies access control and storing credentials, which is definitely a huge plus for me. External Locations are also a great feature that makes it easy for users to get more data without having to go through another program. Still, there are some limitations and a learning curve with Unity Catalog. Fortunately, there is a lot of support from the Community and Databricks is always developing new features.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Is there a Databricks feature you want to see in the future?</STRONG></P> <P>A. I am currently waiting for what is already on the roadmap - DLT enabled in UC and workspace isolation.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What’s your favorite thing about being on Databricks Community?</STRONG></P> <P>A. It is beneficial when people who are having difficulties can consult with industry peers. I can find out what they are struggling with and then share solutions by taking their problem into account.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Pivoting a little: What’s your favorite hobby?</STRONG></P> <P>A. All year round, I really love to spend time in the lake house with my family. It's a place where I can disconnect and just chill, or build data lake houses during the winter.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What area do you see data and AI/ML transforming next? Are there any specific problems you’d like to see tackled?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Databricks simplifies and standardizes data governance, data quality, and data lineage for Spark. For example, expanding the product to include a ready-to-deploy environment with AWS Quick Start. As a data engineer, this is important because it helps me to build reliable and scalable data pipelines no matter which cloud provider I decide to use.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Where do you see yourself in 3 years?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Working as a Solution Architect helping teams on their journey with data. Most likely working with Databricks products.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What are your social media handles?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Linkedin: <U></U><A href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sienkiewiczpat/" target="test_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sienkiewiczpat/</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thank you for sharing a bit about your life and professional journey, and for letting us 'take a piece of greatness' from you <a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/59366">@Pat</a> Sienkiewicz​&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😊</span></P> <P>Let Pat know what questions you have for him below!</P> Thu, 30 May 2024 06:02:42 GMT Sujitha 2024-05-30T06:02:42Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/ba-p/17997 <P><STRONG>Featured Member Interview - December 2022</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>Patrycjusz Sienkiewicz - <a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/59366">@Pat</a> Sienkiewicz</STRONG>​&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":star:">⭐</span>️</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Community nickname: Pat</P> <P>Pronouns: He/Him</P> <P>Job Title: Data Engineer</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Databricks Certifications Completed:</STRONG></P> <P><I>Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional</I></P> <P><I>Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0</I></P> <P><I>Academy Accreditation - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals </I></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Could you give a brief description of your professional journey to date?</STRONG></P> <P>A. In my years as a student, I got interested in data and started out by interning as an ETL Developer. I have spent my career working with Data Warehouses. In 2015, I learnt about Spark and I've been doing a lot of work in the Big Data/ Hadoop field. In 2017, I transitioned to Apache Spark - on-prem/ AWS Glue/ AWS EMR/ Databricks. I still remember the very first version used; a delta of 0.4.0 with Spark on-prem.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What is your favorite thing about your current job/ role?</STRONG></P> <P>A. I've been able to take all that I've learnt throughout my career and apply it in my new role. I had a chance to work on designing solution architecture, data modeling, coding infrastructure, and following best practices with all the newest features.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What are three words your coworkers would use to describe you?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Reliable, Fun, and Hard-working</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>When, and why did you start using Databricks?</STRONG></P> <P>A. My first experience with Databricks was in 2019. I was involved in a proof of concept for migrating a Scala Spark application from Hadoop to Databricks. It was a long time ago, but when I had the chance to work with Databricks again in October 2021, I was impressed by how it had changed.</P> <P>We have been using Databricks to build a multi-region/ multi-tenant solution. It's been challenging, but I've learnt a lot as I use it. Trying to keep up-to-date with all the features with recent changes. I’d like to thank the Community for all the help received and encouraged me to contribute back.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What were some of the things that impressed you? Or stood out to you when you used Databricks again in 2021?</STRONG></P> <P>A. I was impressed by how quickly I could put together production-grade data pipelines using Databricks notebooks and jobs. I enjoyed that I could use the latest version of Spark with all its custom improvements and optimizations. It sped up my data delivery process, but it also introduced compute cost savings. Here are a few features to mention: Delta Tables, AQE, improved Spark UI and Databricks pools.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Do you have a favorite Databricks feature? Something that makes your life a lot</STRONG></P> <P><STRONG>easier? Or more interesting?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Unity Catalog simplifies access control and storing credentials, which is definitely a huge plus for me. External Locations are also a great feature that makes it easy for users to get more data without having to go through another program. Still, there are some limitations and a learning curve with Unity Catalog. Fortunately, there is a lot of support from the Community and Databricks is always developing new features.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Is there a Databricks feature you want to see in the future?</STRONG></P> <P>A. I am currently waiting for what is already on the roadmap - DLT enabled in UC and workspace isolation.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What’s your favorite thing about being on Databricks Community?</STRONG></P> <P>A. It is beneficial when people who are having difficulties can consult with industry peers. I can find out what they are struggling with and then share solutions by taking their problem into account.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Pivoting a little: What’s your favorite hobby?</STRONG></P> <P>A. All year round, I really love to spend time in the lake house with my family. It's a place where I can disconnect and just chill, or build data lake houses during the winter.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What area do you see data and AI/ML transforming next? Are there any specific problems you’d like to see tackled?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Databricks simplifies and standardizes data governance, data quality, and data lineage for Spark. For example, expanding the product to include a ready-to-deploy environment with AWS Quick Start. As a data engineer, this is important because it helps me to build reliable and scalable data pipelines no matter which cloud provider I decide to use.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Where do you see yourself in 3 years?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Working as a Solution Architect helping teams on their journey with data. Most likely working with Databricks products.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>What are your social media handles?</STRONG></P> <P>A. Linkedin: <U></U><A href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sienkiewiczpat/" target="test_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sienkiewiczpat/</A>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thank you for sharing a bit about your life and professional journey, and for letting us 'take a piece of greatness' from you <a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/59366">@Pat</a> Sienkiewicz​&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😊</span></P> <P>Let Pat know what questions you have for him below!</P> Thu, 30 May 2024 06:02:42 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/ba-p/17997 Sujitha 2024-05-30T06:02:42Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/17998#M10 <P>Thanks for sharing</P> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:57:55 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/17998#M10 Ajay-Pandey 2022-12-08T10:57:55Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18000#M12 <P>Thank you for sharing! This was a great read.</P> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:54:31 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18000#M12 Woosh 2022-12-08T16:54:31Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18001#M13 <P>Thanks for your contribution to the community @Pat Sienkiewicz​&nbsp;</P> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:17:39 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18001#M13 Harun 2022-12-08T17:17:39Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18002#M14 <P>I'm very glad to be part of this community. I've learned a lot in the last few months while working on my own and others' challenges :). It's good to have a place where we can share knowledge, we are not left alone on the project! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":collision:">💥</span> <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":collision:">💥</span> <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":collision:">💥</span> </P> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:25:58 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18002#M14 Pat 2022-12-08T17:25:58Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18003#M15 <P>We are grateful to have such a generous member like you @Pat Sienkiewicz​&nbsp;! Very well deserved <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":party_popper:">🎉</span> </P> Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:12:18 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18003#M15 christys 2022-12-08T18:12:18Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18004#M16 <P></P><P>@Pat Sienkiewicz​&nbsp;You truly are deserving!! Thank you for all your contributions <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Hope to see your continued participation on the Community. </P> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 04:34:16 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18004#M16 Sujitha 2022-12-09T04:34:16Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18005#M17 <P>Thank You for your contribution to the community @Pat Sienkiewicz&nbsp; and well deserved. Hope to see those helpful answers/comments coming. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":party_popper:">🎉</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":party_popper:">🎉</span></P> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 06:33:52 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18005#M17 UmaMahesh1 2022-12-09T06:33:52Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18006#M18 <P>this is nice pat</P> Sat, 24 Dec 2022 15:09:16 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18006#M18 Aviral-Bhardwaj 2022-12-24T15:09:16Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18007#M19 <P>Thanks for sharing</P><P></P> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:15:35 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-community-champions/featured-member-interview-december-2022patrycjusz-sienkiewicz/bc-p/18007#M19 Rajani 2022-12-29T13:15:35Z