The skill gap between the two is diminishing, data engineering is moving closer to software engineering, and it’s becoming increasingly common for software engineers to move into data engineering roles.
But despite the overlap in their technical skills, data engineers tend to have a better understanding of the data needs of growth teams. I believe this is because the data team operates right between the engineering team and the growth team.
Hi Sam. Do you think it is better to build a full-proof product and then look at investment to fuel expansion (takes longer) or should one first get the money and use it to build a full-proof product (faster but riskier)?
But despite the overlap in their technical skills, data engineers tend to have a better understanding of the data needs of growth teams. I believe this is because the data team operates right between the engineering team and the growth team.
What do you think?