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The State of the 2026 Data Engineering Job Market

And how to get hired with an AI Data Engineering project on Databricks

Oct 29 • Zach Wilson

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September 2026

Speedrunning Senior to Staff Data Engineer in Big Tech

Staff engineer is the beginning of the “second” ladder in big tech.

Sep 28 • Zach Wilson

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August 2026

The Complete Databricks Learning Roadmap for 2026

What to learn, what to skip, and the right order to master Databricks.

Aug 14 • Zach Wilson

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June 2026

Junior data engineers build pipelines. Seniors build trust

Stop architecting. Start talking.

Jun 30 • Sahar Massachi and Zach Wilson

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May 2026

A well-architected secretary is 76 agents in a trenchcoat

Beyond “take meeting notes I’ll never read”

May 11 • Sahar Massachi and Zach Wilson

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April 2026

The New Rules of Behavioral Interviews after AI

Our behavior needs to update faster than our tech

Apr 28 • Zach Wilson and Prasad Rao

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How do One Big Table and AI fit together

One Big Table vs Dimensional modeling in the era of AI

Apr 6 • Zach Wilson

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March 2026

Understanding Parquet Format for beginners

A walk through of the most important file format to ever exist

Mar 3 • Zach Wilson

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February 2026

Databricks is no longer about tuning knobs

Business is all that matters

Feb 24 • Zach Wilson

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The 2026 AI Data Engineer Roadmap

And how to avoid getting replaced

Feb 5 • Zach Wilson

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December 2025

Processing 1 TB with DuckDB in less than 30 seconds

And so can you

Dec 23, 2025 • Matt Martin and Zach Wilson

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November 2025

Data security shouldn't be an afterthought

A practical guide for Data Engineers

Nov 26, 2025 • Zach Wilson and Karan Dwivedi

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