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How GenAI will impact data engineering
GenAI is catching fire over the last two years.
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Zach Wilson
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The Hard Truth About Bad Data Models
And how to fix them!
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Zach Wilson

September 2024

My learnings from 7 failed tech interviews
Job interviews are stressful.
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Zach Wilson
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How to avoid pipeline backfill nightmares
Tired of the backfill process? Checkout these best practices to help you ease the pain of backfilling the data.
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Zach Wilson
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Junaid Effendi
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August 2024

When to pick SparkSQL vs DataFrame vs Dataset
Spark offers so many different APIs and languages that it can be overwhelming which way is “best.”
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Zach Wilson
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Engineering cultures: Meta vs Netflix vs Airbnb
I spent seven years working at the behemoths Facebook, Netflix, and Airbnb and I learned a ton about culture over that period of time.
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Zach Wilson
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Data products = the future of data engineering
Data products are the systems and machinery that print big tech billions of dollars every year!
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Zach Wilson
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July 2024

How to pass data engineer interviews in 2024
Data engineering interviews can feel unpredictable and you don’t quite know what to expect!
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Zach Wilson
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June 2024

How I built a huge graph database of Netflix's cloud infrastructure
Microservices are amazing and painful at the same time!
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Zach Wilson
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How to choose between batch, micro-batch, and streaming when building a data pipeline
Speed is all the rage in data engineering nowadays.
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Zach Wilson
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May 2024

Why it's hard for data engineers to get promoted after senior engineer
And things you can do to overcome it!
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Zach Wilson
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How to learn data engineering more effectively
When building a career in data engineering, you’ll find yourself in a sea of technological choices and soft skills.
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Zach Wilson
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