Summary
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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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
About
Overview
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…
