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SeattleDataGuy’s Newsletter is authored by Ben Rogojan: Known for its clear explanations of data engineering concepts and practical tips. It also features a YouTube channel.
The focus of this newsletter is to explore both the technical side of the data world as well as the people and processes. My goal is to provide insights to my readers so they can better engineers, managers and consultants. Ben Rogojan
Seattle Data Guy – 01/03/2023 (08:49)
What do data engineers do? Do they build data pipelines? Do they build data warehouses? Sure, but why? If you’re team needs help setting up your data engineering processes, roadmap, or infrastructure , then set-up some time with me here – https://calendly.com/ben-rogojan/cons…
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Hi, fellow future and current Data Leaders; Ben here 👋
I was skimming through the data engineering subreddit again and I found a post that I believe we can all relate to. It was titled “Are You Guys Managing To Keep Up”. Who hasn’t felt that way in the data world. Every day there is some new technology we have to learn or design approach that is being tested. So how do you keep up?
That’s what we’ll be discussing in this article!
But before we jump in, I wanted to share a bit about Estuary, a platform I’ve used to help make clients’ data workflows easier and am an adviser for. Estuary helps teams easily move data in real-time or on a schedule, from databases and SaaS apps to data lakes and warehouses, empowering data leaders to focus on strategy and impact rather than getting bogged down by infrastructure challenges. If you want to simplify your data workflows, check them out today.
SeattleDataGuy’s Newsletter, – June 19, 2025
1) Avoid Being The Only Engineer On A Team Early On In Your Career
2) Hype Won’t Fix Your Business Problems
3) Solving Business Problems Is Hard
4) Don’t Skip The Fundamentals
5) Don’t Be Above Putting in the Work
6) Ask Why – But Don’t Always Expect A Great Answer
7) Learn to Communicate with Non-Data People
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Get a sense of the type of content I write with these newsletters:
- Different Types Of “Data Engineering” Teams
- 🔒 A Zero ETL Future
- Should You Use Apache Airflow?
- 🔒 What Does It Take To Get Promoted As An Engineer?
- The State Of Data Engineering – Part 2
- See the full archive here
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What Is Data Engineering – Why Is Data Engineering Important?
(08:49)
By: Seattle Data Guy
What do data engineers do? Do they build data pipelines? Do they build data warehouses? Sure, but why? If you’re team needs help setting up your data engineering processes, roadmap, or infrastructure , then set-up some time with me here – https://calendly.com/ben-rogojan/cons…
Intro To Databricks – What Is Databricks
July 1, 2022 (12:27)
By: Seattle Data Guy
What is databricks? How is it different from Snowflake? And why do people like using Databricks. This video will act as an intro to databricks. We will discuss what is a databricks table(delta table), a databricks job, etc. research paper on RDDs – https://www.usenix.org/system/files/c…
0:00 Intro – What Is Databricks
1:02 Presentation
6:29 – Hands On Demo – What Is Databricks
Show chat replay Data Engineering Road Map – How To Learn Data Engineering Quickly
July 6, 2021 (18:13)
By: Seattle Data Guy
How do you go from 0 to data engineer? What is the road map to data engineering? These are all valid questions that I will walk you through over the next 15 minutes.
The purpose of this video is to help you break down all the various skills we seem to need to know as data engineers in 2021 into manageable bites. So you don’t feel overwhelmed, but instead have a clear path from where you are and where you need to go as a data engineer.
Also, here is a link to the data engineering roadmap I reference in the video. With links and everything! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m1yL…
