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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

These are a few examples of the manisted problems that make data scientists lack the data engineering skill set. University and other courses. Data science is the hot new course out there for universities and online courses. The course outlines generally focus on the statistics and math required. Bug tracking.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. Depending on the size of your organization, your HR department may have change management experts on staff who can help. If not, you can hire consultants. The VP liked what I had to say. Reaching the Economic Buyer.

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From Engineer to Executive: An Interview with Eric Muntz of MailChimp

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

For a short period of time, worked for the government doing web development and then actually started a consulting business in Atlanta where my main client was the Federal Government in Washington D.C. It was a very small little consulting practice. Consulting is great.” Eric: I joined as an engineer. Marcus: I do.