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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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Data engineering: A quick and simple definition

O'Reilly Media - Data

Get a basic overview of data engineering and then go deeper with recommended resources. As the the data space has matured, data engineering has emerged as a separate and related role that works in concert with data scientists. Continue reading Data engineering: A quick and simple definition.

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The evolution of data science, data engineering, and AI

O'Reilly Media - Data

In particular, we examined the evolution of key topics covered in this podcast: data science and machine learning, data engineering and architecture, AI, and the impact of each of these areas on businesses and companies. Continue reading The evolution of data science, data engineering, and AI.

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Our First Netflix Data Engineering Summit

Netflix Tech

Engineers from across the company came together to share best practices on everything from Data Processing Patterns to Building Reliable Data Pipelines. The result was a series of talks which we are now sharing with the rest of the Data Engineering community! In this video, Sr. In this video, Sr.

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Analytics operating system Redbird makes data more accessible to non-technical users

TechCrunch

Data engineers have a big problem. Almost every team in their business needs access to analytics and other information that can be gleaned from their data warehouses, but only a few have technical backgrounds. The New York-based startup announced today that it has raised $7.6

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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A few months ago, I wrote about the differences between data engineers and data scientists. An interesting thing happened: the data scientists started pushing back, arguing that they are, in fact, as skilled as data engineers at data engineering. Data engineering is not in the limelight.

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Jupyter notebooks and the intersection of data science and data engineering

O'Reilly Media - Data

David Schaaf explains how data science and data engineering can work together to deliver results to decision makers. Continue reading Jupyter notebooks and the intersection of data science and data engineering.