Source: thenewstack.io
Data Engineer Emerges as the Critical Role for Data SuccessCategory: Software, Database, Data, Infrastructure, artificial-intelligence
Data engineering started as a support role for data scientists in the Big Data era. So, the data engineering role developed to fill this emerging need.
It’s common to see overworked data engineers responsible for everything from data warehousing, to cloud migration, to supporting data scientists.
Much like data scientists frustrated in roles where they’re stuck creating canned reports, data engineers unable to break out of routine tasks will also be unsatisfied.
Despite their humble beginnings as data janitors for data scientists, data engineers are emerging as an essential role in data and analytics programs.
It’s common to see overworked data engineers responsible for everything from data warehousing, to cloud migration, to supporting data scientists.
Much like data scientists frustrated in roles where they’re stuck creating canned reports, data engineers unable to break out of routine tasks will also be unsatisfied.
Despite their humble beginnings as data janitors for data scientists, data engineers are emerging as an essential role in data and analytics programs.
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