The Recording
The Panelists
- Kevin Feasel
- Mala Mahadevan
Notes: Questions and Topics
Raleigh Day of Data, 2026
Our first topic of the night was a sales pitch for Raleigh Day of Data 2026. We talked a bit about the speaking roster, event details, and a bit of behind-the-scenes operations.
Training Junior Data Engineers
Our next topic came from Alexander Arvidsson, who laid out the argument that we’ve been training junior data engineers wrong. The second post in the series is also available, though I didn’t catch it at the time.
Kevin Rants Repeatedly
The other topic that took up a surprising amount of time—due mostly to me ranting and railing—is about a pair of twins who wiped dozens of government databases after being fired. The story left me on tilt, so enjoy a good 30 minutes of me fuming about every single party involved.