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Itâs exactly 10 years since my first day at Google. What Iâve learnt:
1. In 2011 there was a career path for me, but I had to leave Chile to find it.
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Felipe Hoffa
@felipehoffa
Developer Advocate around the data world. Ex-Google BigQuery, Ex-Snowflake, Always Felipe
- My new hobby: Figuring out the best LLM to make charts and drawings with SVG. In this case I asked the LLMs to "draw an svg chart of the top 10 major cities in North America by perfect days, include a happy sun", and you can see here the results. linkedin.com/feed/update/urâĶ <-
- 7 out of 10 LLMs got this simple geographic question wrong. Can we trust AI with even basic questions? The question and the correct answer: youtube.com/watch?v=f33-IRâĶ The shocking part: Google @GeminiApp, @MistralAI, @OpenAI o3... all got it wrong. Trust - but verify.
- How is data made? On Saturday I boarded a 7am bus to Reno to figure it out. From algorithms to door-knocking, this weekend changed how I see campaign data - and made me a better data professional too. Here's what I learned: linkedin.com/posts/hoffa_hoâĶ ðšðļ
- Iâm ready to announce my newest âlabelâ. I recently reflected on how Iâm taking some time-out to figure out who âFelipeâ is, leaving behind the âfrom @SnowflakeDB" and âfrom @Googleâ labels. Well, I went yesterday to a life changing interview, and... linkedin.com/feed/update/urâĶ ðšðļ
