What does the journey from Data Engineer to Data Scientist look like? What skills does a Data Engineer *really* need to learn? And what should they forget?
3. Stuff I want to talk about:
• Shiny! Deep Learning!! When can I start?
• Forget everything* you know.
• Fear the Data Engineer turned Scientist!
*just kidding.
4. Shiny! Deep Learning!! When can I start?
AKA: What do Engineers think Data Scientists actually do?
16. Things to learn
The Easy Bits
• Business Process modelling
• Value Chain modelling
The Hard Bits
• Influencing others
• Business acumen
• Strong communication skills
20. Time to Insight
How efficiently can you
generate the insight to a
key decision point
Time to Action
How efficiently can the
business act on your
insight
Time to Value
Over what horizon are
you able to measure
your impact
21. Be realistic! Fix the problems in your business that aren’t
technically challenging
Forget the board! Think about the right and left – the
problem, and the change you’re going to effect in your
organisation
Only write tests when you’ve proven value
Data Scientists - embrace the Data Engineers. They’ll help you
automate the crap out of everything