Earlier this month, I started officially as a Senior Data Analyst at DataCamp. A little over a year ago, I wrote that I would be “the worst analyst at DataCamp,” and that was probably true. I could not have imagined this is where the year would land.

2023 moved quickly. Contract to permanent in May, DataCamp Connect in Lisbon in October, Looker training in London later that year, and then in December the news about the promotion. It is hard to keep track of how much has changed.

The work has changed too. I am building Translations ARR tables, cleaning up Looker dashboards across content and B2B, and writing SQL that is starting to feel less like a wall and more like a tool I can shape. Not every day. There are still mornings where I read something Pieter wrote and feel like I am back at the start. But fewer of those mornings than there used to be.

What I think changed is not the title. It is the ability to participate. To pick up a ticket without panicking. To sit in sprint planning and recognize what is being asked. To be a small but real contributor on a team I admire.

I am grateful to Eduardo and Jorge for their patience and belief in me, to Pieter and the engineers who answer my questions without making me feel small, and to every teammate who has shared what they know along the way.

Still learning every day, still grateful, and still here.