Data Engineers: Data Analysts Are Your Repeat Customers — How To Make Both Your Jobs Easier

Data science is a team sport; learn how to leverage your data analyst’s strengths to build more impactful data pipelines.

Data engineers power other data jobs, even in the shadows. Image courtesy of Unsplash & Getty Images.

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Data Jobs == Customer Service Jobs

Like it or not, data engineering and many data science-adjacent disciplines are customer-facing roles.

Instead of mindlessly mining data, data engineers exist to serve the needs of an end user.

Most of the time this means you’re fulfilling requests for internal (or external) clients who have their own agenda for the data you provide.

These clients, while mostly non-technical, are invaluable to an organization because they use data to drive organizational growth and, in turn, generate recurring revenue.

However, it can sometimes be difficult to communicate specific data or technical concepts to those that don’t understand the nuances of the process.