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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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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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Difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science

The Crazy Programmer

Both software engineers and computer scientists are concerned with computer programs and software improvement and various related fields. What is Software Engineering? Software is more than just program code. The final result of software engineering is an effective and reliable software program.

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

CIO

According to a survey conducted by FTI Consulting on behalf of UST, a digital transformation consultancy, 99% of senior IT decision makers say their companies are deploying AI, with more than half using and integrating it throughout their organizations, and 93% say that AI will be essential to success in the next five years.

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

CIO

A similar transformation has occurred with data. More than 20 years ago, data within organizations was like scattered rocks on early Earth. It was not alive because the business knowledge required to turn data into value was confined to individuals minds, Excel sheets or lost in analog signals.

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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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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Xebia

The following is a review of the book Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley, published by O’Reilly in June of 2022, and some takeaway lessons. This book is as good for a project manager or any other non-technical role as it is for a computer science student or a data engineer.