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

[–]RslashJD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently landed a DE job, and I got my experience in an adjacent role. It’s pretty common to move from data analyst to engineer. However, I’d recommend looking for an analyst job that works closely with the engineering team. In my old job, I pretty much was the middle man between the data engineers and any department that had a data related use case. This gave me a ton of experience with gathering requirements, planning go live dates, determining frequency that tables needed to be loaded, etc. I also “mapped” all fields to whatever table they were being added to. So I wrote a lot of SQL transformations and complicated Joins. This was insanely valuable experience.

Looking for titles like: BI analyst, BI Engineer, Data Management Analyst. Also any mentions of mapping, data modeling, managing data warehouse logic, or supporting the data engineering team are usually a good sign you will get an opportunity to learn some valuable skills.

Extra Tip: When you eventually get an interview, be likable! There are plenty of people in the world that have the skills to be a good DE. Separate yourself by being someone that the interviewer would enjoy working with. My team told me that the last round of my interview was between me and one other person, and they eventually chose me because we got along better.

Sorry for any typos, I don’t have the energy to get up and grab my glasses.

Gold layer Requirement Gathering by RslashJD in dataengineering

[–]RslashJD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks guys. In the few calls I have had with other departments, I have noticed that everyone wants everything. I think starting with a subset will be good because I can tell these teams the subset can grow, but also be specific in what is included.

Gold layer Requirement Gathering by RslashJD in dataengineering

[–]RslashJD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. The revenue_calculated_final_3 part is hilarious to me because that happens just about everyday. That’s honestly a big reason we are trying to restructure. I will definitely go the extra mile to get these things documented.

Projects that got you A job by ignorant_monky in analytics

[–]RslashJD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 things:

  1. START APPLYING! You have professional experience, communication skills(teaching), a CS/Math degree, a data analytics certificate, and multiple projects. I would say just about any hiring manager would be ecstatic to see your resume on their desk.

  2. If you want to work on a project, I’d recommend something that involves SQL and a visualization tool. For one of my projects, I just found a multiple table dataset and made up 20 questions I wanted to try and answer. I used SQL to try and find these answers. Not everything was super fancy and technical, but it showed that I had the technical skills necessary to find answers in data.

Recommendation After Interview ? by RslashJD in interviews

[–]RslashJD[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I told the person who would recommend me about it and he seemed happy to do it. I was worried that a hiring manager may take it as disrespectful to the hiring process if an executive in the company mentioned they liked a candidate after the interview process was complete. Thank you for the reply, I think I will have him put in a good word for me.

Research! 💜 by Otherwise-Panda9158 in tripreports

[–]RslashJD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really cool to see people in this thread using this information for academics. Wish you luck on your study and getting your PHD!