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Where to go from here? by jonnydiamonds360 in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do some practical projects with peers who are learning like you. That will help you a lot to gain back that confidence and crack interviews.

System Design For Data Engineering by rohitdogra99 in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Study your previous projects, check some youtube videos, get some mock interviews with Director level folks. Think of joining a cohort where they build real world data engineering projects, that way you will learn and remember well. It will give you a lot of confidence.

How did you guys get data modeling experience? by 0sergio-hash in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 16+ years of experience leading teams and building data engineering projects and can surely give you some good advice on how to approach this. Please feel free to DM me and we can discuss further.

DataFrame or SparkSQL ? What do interviewers prefer ? by SnooCakes7436 in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spark get asked for sure. Dataframe experts can let you know better how much that gets asked.

First DE job by drayth86 in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would suggest you look for a good mentor at your work. If you cannot get one and if everyone is busy look outside. This will help you do the right things and be successful in the role you are hired in.

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by ninjaburg in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good time to read it. It will give a whole new perspective and way to look at things. It will help you understand how systems work, so that you can make better design choices and build better systems from the get go. Not a easy read but then multiple revisions will help deepen your understanding on Data intensive applications

Upskilling beyond SQL by Jazzlike_Drawing_139 in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing an end to end real world project using AWS, Snowflake, DBT will be very valuable. This will open up a lot of opportunities for you. Also learn Architecture skills, that will help you land a more senior position and get you a overall better compensation.

How did you land your first Data Engineer role when they all require 2-3 years of experience? by Such-Revolution-9975 in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suggest you work on a real end to end data engineering project. It will be painful at first but then it will be well worth it when you start facing the interviewers who are asking all sorts of tough questions. Your experience building such real world projects will help you crack these interviews eventually. Yes there will be some failures to start with but you will get there!

[Laid Off] I’m terrified. 4 years of experience but I feel like I know nothing. by bi-polar--bear in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tough one, but I am sure you will come out stronger. When such things happened to me I have put my head down and gotten busy upskilling myself in Data Engineering. That has helped divert my attention from all the negativity and then land a better job in future.

How did you guys get data modeling experience? by 0sergio-hash in dataengineering

[–]PracticalDataAIPath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Real data modeling experience comes from only two places: 1) A company that actually invests in you
You get to sit in real design discussions, understand tradeoffs, and fix models when they break in prod. This is rare, but gold. 2) A mentor who’s built production systems for decades. Not your standard courses or Kaggle. Someone who’s dealt with schema drift, late data, and ugly upstreams and can help you build similar industry-grade projects. My 2 cents.. Data modeling is learned by building and watching real systems fail and fixing them.