Introduction to Data Engineering

Data Engineering is the act of working with raw data from a data source and processing it so that it's organized and usable for data analysis, business intelligence, or machine learning model training. Data Engineers are the folk who make sure that data analysts and other data professionals have clean data to work with!

Why we recommend Data Engineering

As companies continue to invest in AI and using it to process information, it's increasingly important to ensure that the data they are processing is clean and usable. Data Engineering is going to continue to grow as a field and as a necessary part of the development team for companies, so we highly encourage you to start learning about it!

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Getting Started with Data Engineering Resources

Course Name	Description	Skills Covered	Time to Complete
Data Engineering Core Skills	This Pluralsight course will take you through all of the basics on how to get started as a Data Engineer	ETL, Data Modeling, SQL, Data Warehousing, Database Design	7 hours
OneLake and Data Engineering with Microsoft Fabric	This Pluralsight course will teach you more about the Microsoft Fabric platform and how to use it with OneLake.	Data Warehousing	1 hour

Languages and Frameworks for Data Engineering Resources

Python

Course Name	Description	Skills Covered	Time to Complete
Python for Data Engineers	This comprehensive Pluralsight path will teach you all the ins and outs of how to use Python for Data Engineering. There are Pluralsight labs included in this course, and we highly recommend following them to get some hands on experience with the concepts you'll learn about!	Pandas, PySpark, Airflow, ETL, Automation	10 hours
Python Data Essentials	This Pluralsight course will introduce you to coding with Python, specifically for working in a data related career.	Python, Data Structures	5 hours

SQL for Data Engineering Resources

Course Name	Description	Skills Covered	Time to Complete
SQL For Data Engineering	This Pluralsight course focuses specifically on how to use your SQL skills in Data Engineering. You'll learn about analysis, query optimization, workflow integration, and more!	SQL, Query Optimization	1 hour
Querying Data from PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL is being used more and more when it comes to data engineering and data analysis. This Pluralsight course will walk you though how to query data from PostgreSQL	Data Querying	2 hours
Combining and Filtering Data with PostgreSQL 9	This course will teach you how to use PostgreSQL to expand your queries to filter and combine data.	Join Types, SQL Functions	2 hours

Additional Languages and Frameworks

Course Name	Description	Skills Covered	Time to Complete
Apache Spark 3 Fundamentals	This Pluralsight course will help you build a foundational knowledge of Apache Spark	Apache Spark	7 hours
Terraform - Getting Started	This Pluralsight course is focused on building the fundamentals of how to use Terraform. It's a toolset that helps automate infrastructure in the public and private cloud.	Terraform	5 hours