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

CIO

It seems like only yesterday when software developers were on top of the world, and anyone with basic coding experience could get multiple job offers. In February, CEO Marc Benioff told CNBCs Squawk Box that 2025 will be the first year in the companys 25-year history that it will not add more software engineers.

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

CIO

This article proposes a methodology for organizations to implement a modern data management function that can be tailored to meet their unique needs. By modern, I refer to an engineering-driven methodology that fully capitalizes on automation and software engineering best practices.

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

CIO

Gen AI-related job listings were particularly common in roles such as data scientists and data engineers, and in software development. Instead of hiring AI experts from the outside, it looked for existing software engineering staff who were interested in learning the new technology. Thomas, based in St.

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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.