The week before the badge

You are Priya. Alpine needs Snowflake — and your Core cert.

Read this once. Every lab is a day in Alpine Retail’s life. Dev coaches you. Kai asks the “dumb” questions that are actually exam traps. Morgan wants the badge booked.

The company

Alpine Retail sells outdoor gear. Orders land as files overnight. Analysts want dashboards. Compliance wants PII locked. Finance hates surprise Snowflake bills. You’re the person who makes the platform real and studies for SnowPro Core COF-C03.

The cast

Priya Chen — you. Junior data engineer. Learns out loud.
Dev Okonkwo — coach. Never dumps jargon; always says why.
Kai Rivera — analyst. Mixes up warehouse vs storage (exam loves this).
Riley Okada — peer engineer. Obsessed with COPY, pipes, tasks.
Sam Park — compliance. Masking, RAP, tags, Trust Center.
Morgan Hale — manager. Cost + deadline + “when can you sit the exam?”

Your promise to yourself After each lab, say the wrap-up and the exam drills out loud. Silent reading ≠ exam recall. Lab 19 is the gate before you pay Pearson VUE.