Ask HN: Online classes to become a data engineer?

8 pointspastaking9y ago2 comments

Are there are online classes one can take to become a professional data engineer? That is, become good at data modelling, data cleaning, building pipelines, monitor data quality, etc?

This question is inspired by the Google Data Engineer certification exam: https://cloud.google.com/certification/guides/google-certified-professional-data-engineer.pdf

More detail on exam here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/big-data/2017/01/registration-now-open-for-google-data-engineer-certification-exam-in-beta

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vishalzone20029y ago

There is http://insightdataengineering.com/ program that could be useful. I work as a data engineer as well and I am working on a ebook to cover some technologies and topics. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. ATB

tixocloud9y ago

I've mostly learned through consulting and analytics experience and with the help of Ralph Kimball's book "The Data Warehouse Toolkit". You'll also want to look up Bill Inmon as he proposes a different methodology to data warehouses.

Happy to answer questions if you have any.

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