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Simplifying Data Engineering and Analytics with Delta
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Since data engineering is such a crucial field, you may be wondering who the main players are and what skill sets they possess. Building a data product involves several folks, all of whom need to come together with seamless handoffs to ensure a successful end product or service is created. It would be a mistake to create silos and increase both the number and complexity of integration points as each additional integration is a potential failure point. Data engineering has a fair overlap with software engineering and data science tasks:
Figure 1.3 – Data engineering requires multidisciplinary skill sets
All these roles require an understanding of data engineering:
The following diagram shows the typical placement of the four main data personas working collaboratively on a data platform to produce business insights to give the company a competitive advantage in the industry:
Figure 1.4 – Data personas working in collaboration
Let's take a look at a few of these points in more detail: