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Data engineers vs. data scientists

O'Reilly Media - Data

The two positions are not interchangeable—and misperceptions of their roles can hurt teams and compromise productivity. Misunderstanding or not knowing these differences are making teams fail or underperform with big data. A key misunderstanding is the strengths and weaknesses of each position. Overlapping skills.

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Roles and Responsibilities

The Programmer's Paradox

For this post I thought I would just list out the various roles that I’ve encountered while developing software. Over the course of that last twenty-five years -- including my co-op student days -- I’ve worked alongside or discussed development issues with a huge number of people. have to be done underneath.