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Software Engineers Use Spreadsheets; Data Engineers Rely on Cloud for Analysis
January 14, 2021February 14, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article

Software Engineers Use Spreadsheets; Data Engineers Use the Cloud

Data engineers use cloud-based software and APIs as their primary tool to analyze data and are more likely to analyze data in the cloud.

Database Adoption Varies Based on Who Usually Selects DB Tech for New Applications
October 28, 2020February 14, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article

Enterprise Database Selection Most Often Led by System Architects

Architects usually choose the database technology used for new applications at 41% of organizations according to Percona’s “2020 Open Source Data Management Software Survey”. Developers make these decisions at 26% of organizations.

when data engineering is regularly blamed for data analytics problems , 40% feel strongly that their job should come with a therapist to deal with stress
August 9, 2018February 14, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article

The Benefits and Drawbacks of DataOps in Practice

Data engineering regularly gets blamed when things go wrong with the company’s data analytics. In fact, 21% say this always happens and another 42% believe it occurs often. Sometimes the blame may be deserved, but when undeserved quitting is an attractive option. Unsurprisingly, when data engineering is always blamed for the Data/Analytics problems, 65% are very likely to leave.

skill differences between data and software engineers
November 11, 2016February 14, 2025Published in The New Stack Update

Answer: Hadoop. Question: What’s the difference between a data and software engineer?

Stitch Data analyzed everyone on LinkedIn that said they are a data engineers. They found that many were originally a developer, with 42 percent being a software engineer in their last job. This makes sense, as big data training specialist Jesse Anderson says a data engineer’s primary language should […]

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