CxC Ep10: Data Strategy and Engineering with Seattle Data Guy!
September 8, 2025 · 56 min
Why listen
A veteran data engineer breaks down why most data strategies fail before they start.
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In this episode
- How to balance speed and quality without breaking your data pipeline
- Why cost transparency from data platforms changes how teams make decisions
- What outcomes-focused strategy actually looks like in practice
- How AI fits into data engineering without adding more complexity
About this episode
CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 10 features our friend Ben Rogojan, better known as The Seattle Data Guy. In this episode, we discuss balancing velocity and quality in data engineering, ownership, centralization, cost transparency from data platforms, and the need for outcomes-focused strategy that keeps pace with operations and leverages AI in the face of growing complexity.
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The Seattle Day Guy
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Website: https://www.theseattledataguy.com/
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Substack: seattledataguy.substack.com
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CodeStrap
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CodeStrap (X): https://x.com/CodeStrap411
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CodeStrap (LI): https://www.linkedin.com/company/codestrap
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About Code and Connor
Code & Connor is where Connor Deeks and Dorian Smiley ask the questions most AI podcasts won't. Two founders — one strategist, one engineer — in honest conversations with executives, builders, and practitioners about what's actually happening at the intersection of AI and the enterprise.
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