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Data engineers vs. data scientists

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It’s important to understand the differences between a data engineer and a data scientist. Misunderstanding or not knowing these differences are making teams fail or underperform with big data. I think some of these misconceptions come from the diagrams that are used to describe data scientists and data engineers.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

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While Silicon Valley still pays top dollar for IT pros, the war for talent has moved beyond the technology industry, with other verticals vying for talented IT workers who have the skills to enable digital transformation, process improvement, change management, and the development of apps and services.

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DTN’s CTO on combining IT systems after a merger

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Its weather-related services can be as simple as helping utilities predict short-term demand for energy, or as complex as advising maritime transporters on routing ocean-going cargo ships around developing storms. Very little innovation was happening because most of the energy was going towards having those five systems run in parallel.”.

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RISELab’s AutoPandas hints at automation tech that will change the nature of software development

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One area I’m particularly interested in is the application of AI and automation technologies in data science, data engineering, and software development. For a typical data scientist, data engineer, or developer, there is an explosion of tools and APIs they now need to work with and “master.”

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Technology Trends for 2024

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Remember that these “units” are “viewed” by our users, who are largely professional software developers and programmers. Software Development Most of the topics that fall under software development declined in 2023. Software developers are responsible for designing and building bigger and more complex projects than ever.

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How to Hire Women in Tech: The Ultimate Guide

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In today’s fast-developing digital age, the technology industry has emerged as a key factor in national and international economies. Despite all the tech innovations, one thing hasn’t altered: the persistent gender gap and inequity regarding women in software engineering.

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5 key areas for tech leaders to watch in 2020

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There’s plenty of security risks for business executives, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, etc., The laggard use case was Python-based web development frameworks, which grew by just 3% in usage, year over year. there’s a Python library for virtually anything a developer or data scientist might need to do.