Rita Okonkwo

Rita Okonkwo

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I'm a Software Engineer at Microsoft, passionate about learning new tech. Currently, I'm delving into data engineering. Join me on this exciting journey as I explore and share insights

Dimensional Modelling: Facts & Dimensions

Oct 30, 20233 min read

The fact is, dimensions are important · Lately, I've been diving deep into topics like Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, Data Modeling, Wide Tables, and the...

Dimensional Modelling: Facts & Dimensions

Streamline Your Jupyter Notebooks: Simplify and Organise with the %run Magic Command

Oct 8, 20232 min read

In a previous article, I wrote about using the timeit magic command to measure the time efficiency of different operations. In this article, I will...

Streamline Your Jupyter Notebooks: Simplify and Organise with the %run Magic Command

DataVerse Organisation: Where Lakes and Warehouses Team Up—Because Even Data Needs a Buddy System!

Sep 27, 20233 min read

💡 To get the most out of this article, you should have a basic understanding of OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) and OLAP (Online Analytical...

DataVerse Organisation: Where Lakes and Warehouses Team Up—Because Even Data Needs a Buddy System!

Mastering Efficient Iteration Techniques for Pandas DataFrames

Sep 17, 20234 min read

'Flat is better than nested' · 💡 To fully benefit from this article, it's important to have a basic understanding of Python, Numpy arrays, and Pandas...

Mastering Efficient Iteration Techniques for Pandas DataFrames

One Year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

Jun 6, 20234 min read

Lessons Learned · A wise woman once said and I quote: Time flies when you are having fun. That is my reality . I cannot believe that today makes it one...

One Year as a Software Engineer at Microsoft

Getting into the Major League Hacking Fellowship

Jan 1, 20215 min read

Image of MLH Batch 1 Fellows Being a Major League Hacking (MLH) Fellow was an exciting experience. I met awesome people from different parts of the...

Getting into the Major League Hacking Fellowship