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Apparent's avatar

Great article. I'm really curious how you see younger analysts/engineers preparing for roles in this space and where the best entry points (from finance or from developer background)

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CMARIX TechnoLabs Pvt Ltd's avatar

Good effort, thank you so very much for this effort.

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lefish's avatar

I don't think data eng and BA are merging, its just that BAs are getting a bit more technical (knowing SQL, Tableau, Power BI, VBA ; but not to the extent they're mentionning). In the companies I've worked for, there had always been Business Intelligence / BI analyst roles, who are technical and close to data engineers (using Talend or Airflow for a more "recent" tool), but who deeply know the business side of things. So the role of analytical engineer already exists or is just a rebranding.

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Kishen Das's avatar

Cloudera Data Platform is missing.

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Tejay's avatar

Isn't cloud native when they first built it, Snowflake etc have stolen a march on them

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CK's avatar

Great article. Airflow is indeed user-unfriendly to data analysts. We are building next-gen data workflow tool focusing on SQL ETL scheduling and monitoring for data analyst. Let's chat if you're interested.

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Giles Hart's avatar

Hi Chen-Kuo, this sounds really interesting - our fund is looking into this space and it would be great to be in touch. Please add me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/giles-hart-007333146/

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Siddhant Mehandru's avatar

Great article. Hi I am Siddhant Mehandru, Experienced Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in Management Consulting and Data Analytics industry. Airflow is not really user friendly for data analysts. We are building next generation data workflow tool focused on SQL ETL scheduling and monitoring for data analyst. If you're interested then Peek my blog https://eaglytics-co.com/

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Giles Hart's avatar

This is an incredibly helpful resource Jamin - thank you.

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Frederic Pinchon's avatar

I think you are spot on, I built a healthy consulting business on this emerging infrastructure, which resonates well with Line of Business owners, in terms of costs and agility...

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