- Tags:: Newsletter Data Engineering
- Author:: Tristan Hardy
- Link:: Adopting a truth-seeking stance. (getdbt.com)
- Source date:: 2022-01-16
- Finished date:: 2022-01-17
A beautiful reason to become a Data Engineer, as opposed to articles such as Why I Chose Data Engineering Over Data Science | Pipeline: A Data Engineering Resource (medium.com):
This has also made me think about why I’m so enamored with the data profession, and in particular data engineering. Data is a representation of reality - it’s how to connect the real world to the digital. Given that I place the highest value on truth and honesty (meaning understanding reality as best as possible), I want data to be as truthful and honest as possible. This means it needs to be of the highest quality possible
And, decentralized ownership (aka Data Mesh) is not going to be optional:
decentralizing ownership of data is not going to be optional over some time frame. If you’re not ready today, the questions are: When are you going to be ready? How much ground are you going to be losing to your competitors in the meantime?