Become a member
Make your technical work count where it matters
You keep the data flowing across pipelines, models, and dashboards. The plumbing is invisible, but every team depends on it.
When something breaks, you’re the first ping. When everything works, nobody notices.
You spend your weeks keeping data fresh, reliable, and affordable. When it’s time to show results, the credit usually goes to dashboards and reports instead of the people who keep them alive.
When budgets, roadmaps, or reviews happen, your work isn’t in the room.
The paid membership helps you change that. It gives you the tools and scripts to make your results visible, valuable, and impossible to ignore without needing a different personality or a new job title.
The cost of staying invisible
It’s not only about being recognized. It’s about being remembered when it matters.
When a reorg hits, the work tied to outcomes stays. When budgets shrink, only what’s easy to defend survives.
And when review season comes, excellent often turns into but we couldn’t make a case for more right now.
Every cycle you wait, the gap grows:
Pay that doesn’t match the scope you carry
Projects that stall before they earn visibility
Work with no proof when leadership asks for outcomes
It won’t close on its own, and doing more work won’t fix it. The membership helps you show what your work is worth before anyone asks.
What’s inside the paid membership
I build this publication as a system you can run.
Each part helps you turn technical outcomes into business wins, faster and with no second-guessing.
Here’s what you get:
Monthly playbooks (proof within a week)
Live group enablement calls
Monthly leadership workshops
Project-based mini-courses
One-on-one support for annual and VIP members
Monthly playbooks
Each month, I share a playbook that takes less than two hours and delivers a visible win this week.
Reprioritize your workload so your time drives impact, not noise.
Translate technical results into outcomes that earn budget or headcount.
Push back on unclear requests without sounding difficult.
You also unlock the full archive of playbooks, so you can act on what matters now.
Live group enablement calls
Once a month, we meet live.
You bring the blocker, like a vague project, a stakeholder who keeps slipping, or a manager who doesn’t see the impact.
You and I break it down together and rebuild it into a clear next step. You leave knowing what to say and what to do next.
Monthly leadership workshops
Each month, I teach one high-leverage skill, like defending scope, managing roadmap tradeoffs, or writing an impact brief that shapes performance review.
You get examples, scripts, and frameworks you can apply the same day.
Project-based mini-courses
Each course takes a technical project and adds a senior-level layer.
For example, in Optimizing SQL Performance with AI, you don’t just tune queries but show how the gains save money and time across teams.
It’s not just about delivery. It’s about proof.
One-on-one support (for annual + VIP)
Annual members get a 30-minute private call with me to break through a blocker fast.
VIP members get a full hour and a written plan they can follow step by step.
Every upgrade gives you leverage. You don’t need to figure it out. You need a system that already works.
How it works
Everything happens here on Substack. You’ll get posts, workshops, and templates directly by email or in your feed. No extra logins or tools to manage.
You don’t need extra hours or perfect timing. I build this for engineers with full plates and real deadlines.
1. Pick one playbook
Start with what fits your current challenge: budget, visibility, or scope. Each takes under two hours and helps you land a visible win within a week.
2. Use the scripts
You get the actual words for Slack, meetings, or emails, I use as a technical person talking to non-technical stakeholders.
3. Join the next live call
Bring your blocker. I’ll help you rewrite it into a plan that moves forward.
What happens next:
Day 1: pick your playbook and start the steps
Day 2–3: apply it inside your current sprint
Day 4–5: use the script to earn a “yes” on something that was stuck
You don’t do this alone. You join a system that works in messy, real-world orgs.
Free resources included
If you’re new here, you’ll also get:
Data Leadership Accelerator: a free 7-day email course I designed to help you move from reactive to strategic.
From Fire Drills to Flagships: an e-book I designed as a practical guide on building visibility and trust as a data engineer.
Both are included automatically when you subscribe.
Pricing and upgrades
Every upgrade gives you full access to everything inside Data Gibberish:
Monthly playbooks you can run in under two hours
Live group enablement calls
Leadership workshops with practical frameworks
Project-based mini-courses that tie your technical work to business outcomes
Monthly: $25 per month
Start today and run your first playbook within a week.
Cancel anytime without lock-ins or tricks.
Annual: $90 per year
Everything in Monthly, plus a 30-minute 1:1 call with me to solve one blocker fast.
VIP: $180 per year
Includes everything in Annual, plus a 60-minute private call and a custom written plan you can follow step-by-step.
I designed this for engineers who want clarity and leverage fast.
You get seven full days to explore everything. If it’s not a fit, email me and I’ll refund you.
Frequently asked questions
“What if I’m not a manager?”
That’s exactly who I build this publication for. Most members are mid-level or senior data engineers who want more ownership, budget, and clarity, without waiting for a title change.
“What if my org is chaotic?”
That’s great. These playbooks work in the real world, with changing priorities, unclear specs, and competing goals included.
“I don’t have much time.”
Each playbook takes under two hours and fits inside your existing workload. You’ll see results without adding more work.
“What if it’s not a fit?”
You have 7 days to explore everything and get a refund if it’s not what you need. No questions, no forms.
Why I build this
For years, I believed great engineering would speak for itself. I worked long hours, kept systems alive, and filled every gap. When raises or scope reviews came up, my work wasn’t part of the conversation.
The turning point was a skipped promotion and one line from my manager:
You’ll never go above senior with just technical skills.
I didn’t work harder. I changed how I showed my results.
Two months later, I negotiated a 40% raise in one conversation. I’ve helped dozens of engineers do the same since.
That’s what this membership gives you: the system we all should have had years ago.
You already do valuable work. This helps the right people understand it and act on it.
Who I am
I started as a software engineer and got promoted to lead a team before I was ready.
Nobody trained me for it. Overnight, I went from writing code to managing people and expectations I didn’t understand.
It was exhausting and humbling, so I moved into data engineering.
It felt like starting over, but it gave me the space to rebuild not only my technical skill but the hidden half nobody teaches: how to make work visible, get buy-in, and lead without the title.
Now I’m the Head of Data Engineering at a global fintech company and was named one of my country’s Top 100 Tech Talents, the only data person on that list.
What changed wasn’t luck or timing. It was learning the part of the job nobody talks about—the human and strategic side that decides whose work gets seen.
That’s what I teach here.
You have two paths from here
You can keep reading free posts and using the free course and eBook. They’ll help you build awareness and momentum.
Or you can upgrade and start stacking real wins, week by week, with a system that compounds.
That’s the difference:
Free helps you build awareness. Paid gives you a repeatable way to show results and get credit.
If you’re ready to turn your technical skills into lasting impact, this is where it starts.