Why Data Engineering Has Overtaken Data ScienceIt was October 2012, Data Science seemingly exploded overnight with the publishing of the now-famous Harvard Business Review article titled…Mar 22, 2022A response icon3Mar 22, 2022A response icon3
Data Engineering Career Path: To Code or to No-Code?Which direction do I have to grow in before ultimately topping out in this discipline?Mar 4, 2022A response icon2Mar 4, 2022A response icon2
Published inTDS ArchiveA Day in the Life of a Silicon Valley Data EngineerThe Data Engineer has been gaining popularity in the past 10 years, but what exactly do Data Engineers do? Data Engineers in my experience…Feb 23, 2022A response icon3Feb 23, 2022A response icon3
Published inDev GeniusYour SQL is Bad (You Should Feel Bad)When I tried to submit my first bit of SQL to my code repository, the response I received must have been longer than the code submitted…Feb 19, 2022A response icon21Feb 19, 2022A response icon21
Published inDev Genius2022 Data Engineering Job Market: Analysis of 1,000 FAANG Job PostingsRecently, I was strongly considering the prospect of switching careers, so I set out to answer the question “What skills are in-demand for…Feb 16, 2022A response icon6Feb 16, 2022A response icon6
Published inTDS ArchiveThe Data Scientist of the Future, According to MicrosoftRecently, I built a predictive model that will soon produce tremendous value, but I’m not a Data Scientist, nor do I have any formal…Feb 11, 2022A response icon16Feb 11, 2022A response icon16
Published inDev GeniusLearn from Silicon Valley’s Data Engineers: Dimensional Data Modeling is DeadMy first day in Silicon Valley was in 2019, and one of my biggest surprises was that I didn’t find any dimensional data marts. I was used…Feb 7, 2022A response icon43Feb 7, 2022A response icon43
Why Working at Google is Bad for Data EngineersI have to come clean — I build data pipelines, but I’m not a Data Engineer; at least according to Google. Over the past few years at…Jan 30, 2022A response icon4Jan 30, 2022A response icon4
How AutoML is Killing the Data ScientistWhile working for one Silicon Valley company, I realized the Data Scientist as we know it is a breed dying right before my eyes. Machine…Jan 18, 2022A response icon30Jan 18, 2022A response icon30
Published inDev GeniusWhy You Should Treat Your SQL Like CodeFor the past 2 years working at a large Silicon Valley technology company, I’ve been observing the way Data Engineers treat SQL the same…Jan 8, 2022A response icon12Jan 8, 2022A response icon12