This presentation explains what data engineering is for non-computer science students and why it is worth being a data engineer. I used this presentation while working as an on-demand instructor at Nooreed.com

1. What makes it worth becoming a
Data Engineer?
An introduction for non-computer science students
Hadi Fadlallah

2. About Me
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Just a Data Engineer!
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3. Plan
• What is Data?
• What is Data Engineering?
• Data Engineer vs. Data Scientist vs. Data Analyst
• Data Engineer Jobs / Required Skills
• Universities teaching data engineering
• Helpful Tips
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4. What is Data?
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5. • Excel sheets
• Access tables
• SMS
• Texts
• Images
• Social media
posts
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6. What is Data Engineering?
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Data
Collection

8. Data
Transformation
Source: https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/1786-excel-split-text-by-
space.html
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Data
Validation

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“Making data consumable”

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Source: https://www.datacamp.com/community/blog/data-scientist-vs-data-engineer

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Data
Sources
Processed
Data
Storage
Data
Ingestion
Raw Data Storage
Data Processing Data
Visualization
Example: Radiation data engineering system

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Data Engineer Jobs

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Source:
https://techhub.dice.com/Dice-
2020-Tech-Job-Report.html

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Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/jobs?q=data+engineer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?geoId=92000001&keywords=data%20engineer&location=Remote

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Source: https://towardsdatascience.com/most-in-demand-tech-skills-for-data-engineers-58f4c1ca25ab

17. Required Skills
2. Programming Languages (SQL, Python)
3. Database Management Systems
4. Big Data Technologies
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1st Required Skill

19. Data specialization in some
of the Lebanese universities
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• Lebanese University – Faculty of Sciences:
• Master in Information Systems and Risk Management
• Master in Information Systems and Data Intelligence
• Lebanese University – Faculty of Economics and Business
Administration:
• BS, Master in Business Computing
• Lebanese University – Faculty of Information:
• BS in Data Science
• Lebanese University – ISAE CNAM
• Master in Big Data Management
• Saint-Joseph University of Beirut – Faculty of Sciences:
• BS, Master, Ph.D. in Data Science

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Even if other universities doesn’t have data
specializations but recently most of the universities
added the data science, Big Data and other related
courses to the computer science major.

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Earning a data science / data engineering degree is not
the only way!
Practice… Practice… Practice…

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Online
Courses

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• Coursera:
• Google Cloud - Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP
Specialization
• San Diego - Big Data Specialization
• Udacity:
• Data Engineering nanodegree
• DataCamp:
• Data Engineer with Python Track
• IBM – CognitiveClass.ai
• Free data science and data engineering courses
• Udemy:
• Data Science A-Z™: Real-Life Data Science Exercises Included

25. Thank you
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https://hadifadl.github.io