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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Because there isn’t any coverage of the programming or systems required to even consume a data pipeline that’s been created.”. We can take a step back and look at this academically by looking at course requirements for a master’s degree in distributed systems. When they design a distributed system.

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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. See the “Change Team Management Style” section.). probably not.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Focus team-level managers on managing their work system rather than individuals and tasks. Here’s an example of how manager buy-in works in a complex situation, drawn from my experience as a consultant. The engineering manager found my thoughts about scaling insightful, so he introduced me to his VP of Engineering.

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

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

First startup was an embedded system for a home. 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.”