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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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What is a data architect? Skills, salaries, and how to become a data framework master

CIO

Big data architect: The big data architect designs and implements data architectures supporting the storage, processing, and analysis of large volumes of data. Data architect vs. data engineer The data architect and data engineer roles are closely related.

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DBeaver takes $6M seed investment to build on growing popularity

TechCrunch

Krupenya says this capability puts data administration in reach of not just the most technical data engineers, but also people in other lines of business roles, who normally might not have access to tools like this. “So

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Appian Extends Low-Code Approach to Aggregating Data

DevOps.com

At an online Appian World conference, Appian today unveiled an update to its low-code platform that adds a set of visual tools that enables developers to aggregate data within an application with the help of a database administrator (DBA) or data engineering team.

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5 key areas for tech leaders to watch in 2020

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The results for data-related topics are both predictable and—there’s no other way to put it—confusing. Starting with data engineering, the backbone of all data work (the category includes titles covering data management, i.e., relational databases, Spark, Hadoop, SQL, NoSQL, etc.).

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO

There’s a high demand for software engineers, data engineers, business analysts and data scientists, as finance companies move to build in-house tools and services for customers. But you’ll also find demand for quality assurance, DevOps, technical support, and software sales engineers.

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CIOs take note: Platform engineering teams are the future core of IT orgs

CIO

The core roles in a platform engineering team range from infrastructure engineers, software developers, and DevOps tool engineers, to database administrators, quality assurance, API and security engineers, and product architects.