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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

Erik Bernhardsson

I had my first job as a software engineer in 1999, and in the last two decades I've seen software engineering changing in ways that have made us orders of magnitude more productive. Because someone made the economic decision that the cost of building that software was too high. Supply-demand of software engineers.

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Data engineers vs. data scientists

O'Reilly Media - Data

It’s important to understand the differences between a data engineer and a data scientist. Misunderstanding or not knowing these differences are making teams fail or underperform with big data. I think some of these misconceptions come from the diagrams that are used to describe data scientists and data engineers.

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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

CIO

Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. But not every company can say the same. Gen AI-related job listings were particularly common in roles such as data scientists and data engineers, and in software development.

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The future of data: A 5-pillar approach to modern data management

CIO

In todays economy, as the saying goes, data is the new gold a valuable asset from a financial standpoint. However, from a companys existential perspective, theres an even more fitting analogy. A similar transformation has occurred with data. The choice of vendors should align with the broader cloud or on-premises strategy.

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Fishtown Analytics raises $29.5M Series B for its data engineering platform

TechCrunch

Fishtown Analytics , the Philadelphia-based company behind the dbt open-source data engineering tool, today announced that it has raised a $29.5 The company is building a platform that allows data analysts to more easily create and disseminate organizational knowledge. million Series A round in April.

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What is a data engineer? An analytics role in high demand

CIO

What is a data engineer? Data engineers design, build, and optimize systems for data collection, storage, access, and analytics at scale. They create data pipelines that convert raw data into formats usable by data scientists, data-centric applications, and other data consumers.

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Remember when developers reigned supreme? The market for software coding goes soft

CIO

Job titles like data engineer, machine learning engineer, and AI product manager have supplanted traditional software developers near the top of the heap as companies rush to adopt AI and cybersecurity professionals remain in high demand. An example of the new reality comes from Salesforce.

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