Introduction to Data Engineering - KDnuggets

According to the recently published Dice 2020 Tech Job Report, data engineer was the fastest-growing tech occupation in 2019, with a 50% year-over-year growth in the number of open job positions. As data engineering is a relatively new job category, I often get questions about what I do from people who are interested in pursuing it as a career. In this blog post, I will share my own story of becoming a data engineer and answer some frequently asked questions about data engineering. A couple of years ago, before becoming a data engineer, I mainly worked on database and application development (plus scale and performance testing). I loved working with RDBMS and data so much that I decided to pursue an engineering career that focuses on Big Data.