Choose your starting point
Each stage map focuses on the skills, certifications, and project depth that hiring teams expect at that career band.
What you'll find inside
Curated, signal-only resources organized for deliberate practice.
- Courses: concise modules that build conceptual + practical fluency.
- Projects: applied builds you can extend for a portfolio.
- Posts & YouTube: targeted deep dives—performance, patterns, trade‑offs.
- Cert: exact prep items aligned to exam objectives (no fluff).
Everything is filtered to reduce churn—if it’s here it maps to a hiring signal.
Featured Hands-on Project
Build end‑to‑end streaming foundations used in real teams.
DLT Apparel Streaming Pipeline →
Build a streaming data pipeline with Databricks DLT, medallion architecture, and SCD2. Designed for hands-on learning and Data Engineer Associate exam prep.
- Delta Live Tables (batch + streaming)
- Bronze / Silver / Gold medallion design
- Slowly Changing Dimension Type 2
- Quality expectations & monitoring
Tip: Fork it, implement a small feature (e.g., schema evolution), then document design decisions in your README.
Contact
Collaborations, training, and implementation inquiries.
Email: hi@dataengineer.wiki
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