Dean Trester

I didn't choose Business Intelligence.

I began my path solving exception errors in accounts payable, then transitioned to quality assurance auditing the same exceptions I used to solve. Eventually, the path illuminated when my friend described his new job in Analytics.

"That's a job you can have?"

So, I began studying SQL for an open position at my company. That was more than 10 years ago.

On the work itself: I care about clean queries, well-structured models, and not overengineering things. I've inherited enough messy setups to know how much that stuff compounds. I try to leave things in a state I'd want to find them.