Highlights and High Notes of the New Year at Snowflake

Cloud Coverage 

Storming in with the latest Snowflake company and product news. 

Snowflake Scores a Built In Best Places to Work Award

New award, who ‘dis? This month, Snowflake cemented its MVP status when we took home the trophy (and bragging rights) after being named one of Built In’s Best Places to Work, which honors companies that offer top tier compensation, culture, and benefits. Two ways we celebrated? With a victory lap — and a new application and interviewing guide to help candidates show up their best.

Tr(AI)ning Day: Snowflake Introduces One Million Minds + One Platform

A resolution we‘re sticking to? Helping people get into tip-top shape — for the future, that is. This month, we announced our One Million Minds + One Platform program, which aims to train 100,000 users on Snowflake by 2027 and help 1 million people bulk up their AI and data skills by 2029. Some ways participants will be able to strengthen their tech muscles? With free trainings, certifications, platform credits, and more. Ready to level up? Read more about the program here. 

Data x Davos: Snowflake Goes Big at the World Economic Forum

This month, we hit the data and ski slopes at the World Economic Forum, where we set up a Chalet complete with a blizzard of networking events and constructive conversations. Some of the topics? Our End Data Disparity initiative, leveraging AI to address global challenges, and AI adoption and value realization. Miss the lift on all-things data and Davos? Watch The Female Quotient panel with Snowflake CMO Denise Persson here.

Best in Snow

Cool culture, chill and driven people.

The Engineer’s Cut: BuiltBy Spotlights Snowflake Notebooks

Behind every platform feature is an engineer— and a story. Enter: Snowflake Notebooks and Principal Software Engineer Will Pugh. In the latest installment of BuiltBy, Will gave viewers an inside look at the development process for Snowflake Notebooks, a tool that lets users combine SQL, Python, and ML in one unified environment. From outlining the initial concept to its public premiere, sit back and watch how Snowflake Notebooks came to a monitor screen near you. 

From Costa Rica to Customers: Unearthing Stories and Solutions with Prateek Agrawal

From spinning tales to seamless migrations, Prateek Agrawal does it all — one key stroke at a time.  In this month’s People of Snowflake blog, the author and solutions consultant sat down to chat about his book, Local Legends of Costa Rica: Exploring Costa Rica Through Folklore, a collection of stories that  preserve the country’s oral traditions, embrace nature, and embody “pura vida.” Read Prateek’s blog here to see what inspired him to put pen to paper and how he finds the plot behind every line of code.

Where Code Meets Community: Snowflake’s Open Source Software Team Shapes the Future of Data

The key to moving the data industry forward? Teamwork — inside and outside Snowflake. From leading open source projects to working with a network of developers across the globe, Senior Software Engineer Yufei Gu shared in our latest blog how Snowflake’s OSS team is fueled by innovation, community, and collaboration. Their ultimate mission?  To push the boundaries of data, the engineering universe, and beyond. Check out the blog here.

On the Radar

The events forecast, from meet-ups to conferences and more. 

Toast of the Town: Happy Hour in NYC 

Ready for an evening of sipping cocktails and socializing? Join Snowflake and Sigma on February 27 in New York City for an event filled with drinks, data enthusiasts, and the chance to dish with VCs. Drop your RSVP (and drink order) here. 

Feast on This: Data for Breakfast

An event that will have you ordering seconds? Yes, please. Throughout March, we’re rising and shining across the globe to host our Data for Breakfast series. On the menu is a morning of networking, panels, demos, and introduction to Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud. Check out the buffet of locations to find an event near you.

Ice Breakers 

Test your Snowflake smarts.

Break in the new year with our latest “ice breaker” puzzle. Check out the latest People of Snowflake blog to complete the game below and drop your answers in the comments. 

Ready to hit the data slopes? Check out Snowflake’s open roles.