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5 Great Data Engineering Online Courses

Ben Rogojan
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6 min readApr 1, 2020
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According to a recent survey by Statista, the data market is expected to grow 175 zettabytes in volume by the year 2025. In order to dive in further into big data, we need to understand how one can work on it — and that’s where data engineering comes in.

Simply put, data engineering is all about managing big datasets and extracting information from them efficiently and accurately.

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What’s a Data Engineer?

A data engineer is someone who’s responsible for maintaining and building the architecture of data in a DS project.

Some of the main roles and responsibilities of a data engineer include having to ensure an uninterrupted flow of data between server and application, integrating new data management software, improving data foundational processes, and building data pipelines.

The truth is there are lots of various technologies and concepts that data engineers need to take on — working with cloud computing, ETLs, data warehouses, and so much more.

The requirement of data engineers is constantly expanding, and thus we constantly need to continue learning what is changing in the technology world.

In this article, we’ll talk about the top five courses you can take to understand how data engineering works.

Big Data in the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud

Source: Udemy

According to the course page, through this course:

“1. You will learn about the limitations and uses of various Amazon Web Services in Big Data Space.

2. You will also learn about Big Data Tools with the help of real-world use cases.

3. You will also get an understanding of Big Data Analytics Frameworks, Storage, and…

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Ben Rogojan
Ben Rogojan

Written by Ben Rogojan

#Data #Engineer, Strategy Development Consultant and All Around Data Guy #deeplearning #dataengineering #datascience #tech https://linktr.ee/SeattleDataGuy

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