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    Alex Merced

    Developer Advocate, Dremio

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    Alex Merced is a General Assembly alumni who has a been a software developer for companies like Crossfield Digital, Gened Systems, CampusGuard and more.

    Alex currently works as a developer advocate for Dremio where he educated and enables adoption of cutting edge data architectures. Alex has also crafted many educational websites geared towards software developers such as devNursery.com, GrokOverflow.com and datalakehouse.help.

    Alex is also a co-author of the upcoming book from O’Reilly, "Apache Iceberg: The definitive Guide" and the host of podcasts such as Web Dev 101, DataNation, and more.

    Student Feedback:

    "Alex is an Incredible instructor. He knows his stuff for sure. I learned a great deal and he was crazy patient with me and the entire cohort. If you have an opportunity to learn from him, take it - you will not be sorry. Thanks Alex!" - Brian Anderson

    "Alex is one of the best instructors out there. He goes above and beyond when helping his students. One thing I cannot commend Alex enough about is his willingness to create YouTube videos to help students after class. Alex aspires to learn new things everyday, and you can feel the passion he has when talks about different technologies" - Kwok Ren

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