We talked about:

Summary of “Getting a Data Engineering Job” webinar Python and engineering skills  Interview process Behavioral interviews Technical interviews Learning Python and SQL from scratch Is having non-coding experience a disadvantage? Analyst or engineer? Do you need certificates? Do I need a master’s degree? Fully remote data engineering jobs Should I include teaching on my resume? Object-oriented programming for data engineering Python vs Java/Scala SQL and Python technical interview questions GCP certificates Is commercial experience really necessary? From sales to engineering Solution engineers Wrapping up

Links:

Getting a Data Engineering Job (webinar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvEWG-S1F_M The Flask Mega-Tutorial Part I - Hello, World! blog: https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world Mode SQL Tutorial: https://mode.com/sql-tutorial/

MLOps Zoomcamp: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/mlops-zoomcamp

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Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html

We talked about:

Jeff’s background Getting feedback to become a better teacher Going from engineering to teaching Jeff on becoming a curriculum writer Creating a curriculum that reinforces learning Jeff on starting his own data engineering bootcamp Shifting from teaching ML and data science to teaching data engineering Making sure that students get hired Screening bootcamp applicants Knowing when it’s time to apply for jobs The curriculum of JigsawLabs.io The market demand of Spark, Kafka, and Kubernetes (or lack thereof) Advice for data analysts that want to move into data engineering The market demand of ETL/ELT and DBT (or lack thereof) The importance of Python, SQL, and data modeling for data engineering roles Interview expectations How to get started in teaching The challenges of being a one-person company Teaching fundamentals vs the “shiny new stuff” JigsawLabs.io Finding Jeff online

Links: 

Jigsaw Labs: https://www.jigsawlabs.io/free Teaching my mom to code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWwfTXGjBM Getting a Data Engineering Job Webinar with Jeff Katz: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/getting-a-data-engineering-job-tickets-310270877547

MLOps Zoomcamp: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/mlops-zoomcamp

Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html

Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html