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Vital Ahishakiye's avatar

Very insightful. The hard but rewarding part is overcoming procrastination and working on that portfolio project even when no one assigns it to you, and there is no immediate financial gain. But it truly pays off and boosts your confidence once it’s done

Chanukya's avatar

Great blog. Happy to see that you still keep Scala in your courses. If we wanted to touch OSS projects, or work with legacy projects, one needs to work with Scala. Would be interested to know what could be the take if any newer data platforms are considering Scala at all ?

Daniel Popescu / ⧉ Pluralisk's avatar

The point about AI/data integrations, especially vector databases and RAG pipelines, really resonated with me. This roadmap provides invaluable clarity in a rapidly evolving space. While tool mastery is critical, I also belive a strong grasp of data ethics and responsible AI practices will become increasingly paramount for future data engineers.

essie's avatar

Tysm!

Pipeline to Insights's avatar

Thanks for this 💐🙏

Eu's avatar

If you want to start using AI agents for DQ and RCA ... , check out this article from Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents ... also you can check: https://eugenede.substack.com/p/integrating-ai-into-data-engineering ...