Surviving the Rocky Road of Data Engineering

When you wake up one day and decide to be a Data Engineer, the obvious first step is to learn your SQL and your Python, like a good student (and yes, you should do this). Perhaps the adventurous ones out there will try their hand at data modelling (some of you will get good at […]

Breaking Free from the Data Engineering Learning Loop

Seasoned data engineers know something you don’t, but I’m going to let you in on the secret. You learn more by doing. That’s it, that’s the secret. But the trouble is, there is a lot of bad advice out there. Advice that says you just need to follow this 3-step plan, do this “step by step”, […]

Review of Data Engineer with Python – Datacamp Course

I recently wrapped up the Data Engineer with Python course on Datacamp and thought I would write up my thoughts on the course and if it was worth the massive amount of time I invested in it. The course promises a lot! –“Start your journey to becoming a data engineer and gain the in-demand data […]