How To Break Into Data Engineering And Why It’s So Hard

Listing Out The Challenges And Solutions For Future Data Engineers

Ben Rogojan
SeattleDataGuy By SeattleDataGuy

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Being a data engineer can be both challenging and rewarding. But it’s not always easy to break into this part of the tech field.

Data engineering in itself is such a broad term filled with tools, buzzwords and ambiguous roles.

This can make it very difficult for developers and prospective graduate to get these roles as well as understand how they can create a career path towards said role.

Let’s talk about the different challenges you will face trying to become a data engineer. While finishing this article off with some solutions and paths you can take in order to break into the data engineering field.

Challenges With Learning Data Engineering

One of the biggest challenges with this career trajectory is related to a lack of general opportunity and gaps in the process of making your way from one level of experience and mastery to another. There may not be an easy path for you to follow as you work your way up to the higher levels of this type of expertise.

It starts with a relative lack of relevant college and university programs that really prepare you for the…

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Ben Rogojan
SeattleDataGuy By SeattleDataGuy

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