The Harsh Reality of Being a Data Engineer

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[@SundasKhalid]

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[@AchuVlogs]

Im a data engineer with 4 years experience. Harsh reality of being a data engineer is: - 5% building new pipelines - 15% automating the pipelines - 20% adding data quality checks to the pipelines And 98% of the time fixing bugs in OLD pipelines. For people who like building new products, this is not the right role. Because most of the time you're only firefighting. And since you work in backend, you don't get much recognition.

[@xinpengliu461]

Exactly agreed

[@aarnavchauhan4788]

Can you please guide me with a roadmap for getting into data engineering if I am from a college with good on campus placements, and whether I should learn data engineering in college instead of other conventional paths like say web development.

[@hegerwalter]

Well, everything new requires you to figure out your path. I studied to be a mathematician but needed to find a job. Salaries in programming supported a more affluent lifestyle, so just a few classes in CS helped get my foot in the door. I think that the guy who wrote a violent race car game had a history Ph. D. I was reading about a philosopher who worked as a glass lens grinder, who died from cumulatively inhaling glass fibers in his 30s. Like everything else, you might need to change careers or job titles. Being a Data Engineer and knowing programming will get you further.

[@vishnuvrv]

There are two types of data engineers: Software Engineers who are also data engineers and ETL engineers. If you are an ETL engineer (building pipelines using python and SQL) then you are just considered a glorified data analyst and your pay always be less than SE. My advice for them is to take the next step and become a cloud engineer (snowflake, Azure, AWS) and see your pay increase significantly.

[@angelsub9184]

Sir, are you advising DE with ETL engineer to take cloud engineer course or take Software Engineer bootcamp? Which one is better?

[@sabyasachi426]

Insightfull

[@LOFI_WORLD_SONG]

Hello sir. I don't want to code , programm like dev team. But I can work in cloud. Where should I go. DE or devops one. Please help

[@jean4j_]

Yes! There are technical DE and BI DE. Two different types of DE. Totally different culture and minset.

[@mitchtherighteous]

The real question is how to get the education without wracking up stupid provider bills

[@abidrahim7607]

Thank you for putting this out, appreciate it! 🙌🏼

[@max1232]

just got an internship as a data engineer(while at college) for the city of ottawa(only 1 spot btw)...wont have done it without you. Appreciate you..

[@abiola4710]

The roles of a software engineer and data engineer are totally different, even though they might use related tech stacks. Also a data scientist can't take the role of a data engineer because, apart from being technical, a data engineer is expected to communicate with stakeholders and build solutions that turn data into insigts/revenue; data scientists suck at this. So a good data engineer should be able to do the work of a data analysts effectively. According to a Gartner report, 80% of data science projects fail. The number reason is: Lack of understanding of business context and user needs.

[@omotayosawyer9535]

stressing on the point of a software engineer being able to do what a data engineer does is absolutely correct. I work as a data analyst and in one of my previous roles, the software engineer was pretty much the data engineer completing all the data engineering task.

[@SantoshKumarsp57]

Hi Sundas, I am a bit confused. You are initially saying that SEs can do DEs role and also, with advancements in AI and possible taking over core SE's role, even they would do DE's role. Then, at the end, you are saying that DE's role will still be in demand?

[@jean4j_]

Not everybody agrees with this (especially juniors) but Data Engineering is a subset of Software Engineering. There are two types of DE: - software oriented DE - BI oriented DE DE is SWE. Be very good in software engineering with a focus on Big Data. You will able to switch roles easily.

[@yousefosman4558]

i was confused about that thank you i will focus on data science then i will convert to data engineer because i don't see a particular road map for data engineer

[@prar_th_.2364]

Hi I'm a high school senior right now and I want to pursue a career in data science job family..... specifically AIML.....it would be wonderful if you could do a video on AIMl because I feel like there isn't much on the internet about the same

[@joelkanamugire6400]

I have been working as a Data Engineer for 3 years and I think it depends on companies and how they define their data engineers. I always find myself building data pipelines, API design, Web applications, Data Encryption and Database Security

[@LOFI_WORLD_SONG]

Do you code ? Or program from scratch?

[@jayasingh7810]

Hey, where do u work?

[@yogajyothisomu2908]

Data science or data enginering which is better based on opportunites as a freshers?

[@moinzajam5117]

Ma'am I m confused between data engineer or data scientist, which one should I choose , kindly suggest me

[@harshitagarwal7475]

Hi Sundas, i m writing this comment to share with you that i got fresher job as a Data Engineer in one of the startups. I believe if u have the knowledge of tech stack required for the role, u can get hired. In btw, i have worked as data science intern for 3 months before(as it is considered hot topic in the field of tech and i went for it initially but coudnt find good pay jobs for it).

[@user-mu4uw2sr3g]

Hello everyone! I'm considering a transition from a Scala software engineer to a Scala data engineer. I've found that being a Scala dev is very challenging for me , but I'm not ready to give up on Scala just yet. Can anyone share insights on whether working as Scala Data engineer (Sql ,Spark) might be a smoother path for me? Appreciate any advice!

[@DaRedT]

thank you very much 👍👏

[@mohammedabdulla1496]

Nice, I came to know that data engineers paid lesser than the average software engineer Felt sad 😔

[@kimblevuo]

Just started Data Analysist course few weeks ago.

[@mura685]

How is it going so far?

[@j.amethyst5685]

Great review, but i cant agree career growth. From Data Engineer you become a solutions architect. Or bridge being a DE to the next sensible path.

[@sergiocarmona7238]

Im agree with all except number 2 software engineer can make easily DE work?, i think no, many DE were DBAs in the past. DBA is complete different skill to software engineering. 3. i think there is growing for DE you can skill up into machine learning engineer more easily than other roles.

[@Tayyaba-Zahid]

Sundas name is very unique for me 💕

[@rockshankar]

seems you went with your default thumbnail :D

[@SundasKhalid]

sadly yes 😭

[@kevinrobbs9717]

I’m a Database Administrator/ Network Administrator/ Full Stack Developer making 60k…. I would love 155k damn!

[@shobhitagnihotri416]

AWS beta certification for data engineer , Please talk about it.

[@nitcooksgf]

Yes I also want to know about this

[@christophergreen3809]

Even I make less than a developer, it's still a helluva lot better than my customer service job!

[@wendykgosi149]

Lol my gosh there are so many harsh realities why would anyone wanna pursue this.

[@dotpy7928]

Through the whole video I was really concerned she will accidentally cut me with her fingers...............

[@junaidamin]

Please make sundas khaild Urdu/hindi channel for south asia audience specially Pakistani audience

[@AchampetaEshwar]

Instead of making this useless video why don't you try to make something useful like the ROad map or path to become a data engineer and courses to learn

[@vasanthmukkala5940]

You've no idea how fabulous you look!! 😇🫠

[@moinzajam5117]

Ma'am I m confused between data engineer or data scientist, which one should I choose , kindly suggest me

[@girlanonymous]

Do your research.