{"id":140921,"date":"2023-09-26T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=140921"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:07:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T07:07:16","slug":"bondora-superhero-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/bondora-superhero-36\/","title":{"rendered":"From Hungary to Estonia: Meet Gerg\u0151 \u2013 our 36th Bondora Superhero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gerg\u0151‘s<\/em> is a rare find in the world of analytics \u2013 he truly loves creating reports and always puts data first. And he has a ton of interesting hobbies! Keep reading to find out more about Gerg\u0151 Zavecz, our 36th Superhero.<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/em>Gerg\u0151’s<\/em> life motto is ‘Some people say I look like the young Rick Astley, so I would go with ‘Never Gonna Give You Up<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>‘<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Bondora Superhero #36 \u2014 Gerg\u0151 Z\u00e1vecz<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc66Bondorian since May 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd0dRole: Senior Analyst<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1Team: Data Analytics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerg\u0151’s journey at Bondora:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I joined Bondora in May 2022, and I moved from Hungary to Estonia when I started to work at the company. When I joined, I mostly worked on A\/B tests with the Product Team. Now I’m mainly working with Marketing on topics like brokers, campaign segmentation, and impact evaluation. Additionally, our team has larger-scale projects in which most of us participate using the domain expertise we have, and we create reports used by most of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerg\u0151’s typical workday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I come to the office every day, as I prefer to meet with colleagues, and if I have a blocker in my work, it’s easier to ask others for a solution in person than on Slack. And there’s also free lunch, even if some say such a thing does not exist \ud83d\ude0a\ud83c\udf57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the most rewarding part of your job?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most probably those projects\/epics that involve most of my team. I love it when we work together to create a dashboard\/report\/table used by multiple domains and to make decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is something new for me as until recently, I worked in academia, where although I also did a lot of statistics\/data analysis, it was unlike that in Bondora, where all the findings are used in a business environment and in production, and where it’s more of a team effort \ud83d\udcca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what makes being an analyst at Bondora awesome?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is both a professional and a personal side to it. Professionally, the technical stack we use here, what I learn from colleagues in my team and other departments, and the possibility of working with multiple domains. For example, seeing the Product\/Marketing\/Finance\/Risk side of a larger company that still grows and tackles new challenges is very insightful \ud83d\udcc8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being an expat, especially when you first move to a new country, is not always easy. But Bondora has been a great environment to deal with this: Friday afternoon events in the kitchen, activities at the Summer Days, Millimallikas in Valli (famous local drink at a local bar<\/em>), singing Johnny D\u00e4pp in Zillertal during the ski trip or any songs in Shamrock (karaoke bar)<\/em>, starting a club, playing disc golf, watching Champions League football and understanding the rules of rugby have all been made possible by friends I met here \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you find your way into the world of analytics? What has the experience been like so far?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If I’m being totally honest, probably when playing fantasy football with an old Hungarian newspaper, Focivil\u00e1g Magazin, as a kid. I tried to make sense of the player’s values and performance but never succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But on a serious note, when I wrote my university dissertation, I analyzed public opinion surveys, which was my way into the world of analytics. And I think I will stick to data analysis for my career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, I’ve been working with person-level, company-level, country-level, and now loan-level data, and no matter which type, I’ve always liked to understand and find patterns there \ud83d\udd0d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best meme that sums up being an analyst?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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‘I can’t start programming before I \u2026’ <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Set up YouTube\/Spotify \ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What analytical tools are your favorite and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I really like the platform Databricks, used in Bondora, as I can do my exploratory SQL-s, dashboards, and statistical analyses in Python all in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also enjoy working with dbt (data build tool<\/em>) as it makes our lives easier by processing raw data and structuring all our tables in the analytics team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your best investment advice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am probably not the best person to answer this question, as I am awful at saving. But you can find good financial tips on the Bondora blog<\/a> \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best cybersecurity\/IT tip?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Never leave your laptop unlocked \u2013 at a previous workplace, I got back to the screen being rotated, and that is probably the least bad thing that can happen \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, let’s get to know Gerg\u0151 even better!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

What are some of your hobbies? What do you like to do in your free time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Besides sports like running, skiing, and swimming, a good example would be LEGO building. This is why I was so happy when I received a huge LEGO castle from my colleagues this year as a birthday present. But to confess my sins, I haven’t yet finished building it \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your favorite games to play?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Currently, I would say table tennis in the office, not with great success though \ud83c\udfd3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which game have you clocked the most hours with on Steam?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am cheating here a bit as it means multiple games, and it’s not on Steam: Football Manager. I have more CL wins than Pep Guardiola will ever get \u26bd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacon: yay or nay? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yay, but even more t\u00f6p\u00f6rty\u0171<\/em>, a Hungarian food, basically fried bacon \ud83e\udd53<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favorite TV show\/podcast?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I always liked shows in which there are consequences to acts and where there is character development leading either to redemption or tragedy, so a tie between ‘Succession,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘BoJack Horseman,’ and ‘The Shield.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s your favorite kind of music (to listen to while working)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It changes weekly, but when I listen to something, I usually play it on a loop for a couple of hours, be that 80-s classics, Hungarian rock classics, psytrance, techno, punk, black metal or party schlagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any pets?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, I don’t have any pets at the moment, but Bog\u00e1r, my grandmother’s pumi, was very close to me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pumi<\/em><\/a><\/em> is a Hungarian sheepdog.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What superpower would you like to have and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Probably time travel, especially to the past. On a grand scale, I always wondered what things I learned in history books looked like. On a personal level, I could just go back to decisions I regret \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s something that you want to do but scares you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If I look out of the office windows, I can see a ski jumping tower. I love mountain skiing but never dared to try ski jumping, and probably it will stay this way. Even the level of Eddie the Eagle is unreachable \u26f7\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been our privilege to introduce you to Gergo! His ability to decipher complicated data makes him a valuable asset to the Bondora team. As they say in Hungary: K\u00e9s\u0151bb tal\u00e1lkozunk<\/em>! (catch you later).<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune in again next month to meet our 37th<\/sup> Bondora Superhero!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S. If you’re interested in becoming the next Bondora Superhero \ud83e\uddb8\u200d\u2640\ufe0f head over to our Careers Page<\/a> to check out our open positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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