Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash When it comes to best practices and business alignment, most new data engineers learn as they go on the job. From building overly complex and unsustainable systems to putting too much faith in existing data structures, here are five of the most common mistakes and traps that even the most…
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As the data industry evolves with new technology, so do data engineering challenges. What can new engineers expect? As data engineers, you play vital roles in your field by collecting and analyzing data. But necessary data engineer skills today aren’t the same as they were in years past, and the role is seeing some serious…
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Photo by Hunters Race on Unsplash In a recent data analytics consultation, I got asked how data analytics and data science could help my clients 7-8 figure business. We discussed what their business goals were and what tools they were currently using. Based on that we set up the next steps to start aligning some…
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The rise in self-service analytics is a significant selling point for data warehousing, automatic data integrations, and drag and drop dashboards. In fact, in 2020, the largest software IPO this year was a data warehousing company called Snowflake. The question is how do you get your data from external application data sources into a data…
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