75: How To Become a Data Engineer with Parham Parvizi of the Data Stack Academy
This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Parham Parvizi, founder of the Data Stack Academy as well as a few large SV companies. During the episode, Par unpacks a career in data engineering from the history to signs you’d be a good fit.
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Show Notes
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Par’s background and current role (2:48)
- About Talend (6:46)
- Nonlinear pathways to data engineering roles (11:08)
- What a data engineer needs to be successful (17:37)
- Before “data engineer” was a title (27:59)
- Signs you should be a data engineer (32:39)
- Curiosity and data engineering (38:31)
- Defining the modern data stack (45:07)
- How to get a feel for data engineering (52:52)
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