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AI Engineering Is Just Data Engineering in Disguise

AI engineering roles are largely rebranded data engineering jobs involving probabilistic data flows, prompt engineering as inputs, and embeddings as features. This perspective demystifies AI development and empowers data engineers to transition without panic or retraining.

#AI engineering#career transition#Data Engineering...

data architecture

When Dimensional Modeling Becomes Technical Debt: Challenging Kimball’s Orthodoxy in the Modern Data Stack

The rise of cloud analytics and modern BI tools is forcing data engineers to question when strict dimensional modeling becomes cargo cult engineering rather than best practice.

#data architecture#Data Engineering#dimensional modeling...

airflow

Airflow and Hadoop Are Dead (And Other Lies Your Cloud Vendor Told You)

The provocative claim that ‘no one uses Airflow or Hadoop in 2026’ sparked a firestorm in data engineering circles. We dissect the reality behind the hyperbole, the true cost of legacy orchestration, and why your DAGs might be on life support.

#airflow#Cloud Native#Data Engineering...

career strategy

The Full-Stack Data Generalist: Your Survival Strategy for the AI Salary Wars of 2026

While AI engineers command double the salaries with half the data fundamentals, data professionals are abandoning specialization for end-to-end ownership. Here’s how the generalist model is reshaping careers, compensation, and the very definition of data expertise.

#career strategy#Data Engineering#full-stack...

budget

Windows Task Scheduler and Excel: The Unholy Alliance Powering Production ETL in Small Enterprises

Analysis of how small companies run production-grade ETL using consumer-grade setups like Windows VMs, Task Scheduler, and Excel, raising concerns about scalability and best practices.

#budget#Data Engineering#etl...

career transition

Career Pivoting from Mainframes to Modern Data Engineering: Is It Feasible?

Mainframe developers face a critical juncture as enterprises modernize. The data shows their skills are more valuable than the market suggests, but perception gaps and outdated career narratives create real barriers to transitioning into data engineering roles.

#career transition#cloud migration#Data Engineering...

ADHD

ADHD in Data Engineering: Why Your ‘Broken’ Brain Is Actually a Competitive Advantage (And Why Tech Keeps Ignoring It)

Data engineers with ADHD face systemic struggles with memory, context switching, and tool recall. The data reveals these aren’t personal failings but design flaws in how we build teams and tools, and why addressing them unlocks massive productivity gains.

#ADHD#Data Engineering#neurodiversity...

AI strategy

AI-First Is a Death Sentence: Why Your Copilot Is Eating Your Business From Within

The ‘AI-first’ mandate is collapsing under its own weight as companies discover that slapping AI on broken data infrastructure creates silent failures, market rejection, and organizational chaos. The data tells a brutal story.

#AI strategy#Data Engineering#data quality...

cloud migration

From On-Prem Cloudera to Cloud Databricks: The Migration Challenge

A data engineer’s real-world journey from legacy Hadoop stacks to cloud-native Databricks reveals the uncomfortable truths about enterprise migration: hidden costs, steep learning curves, and the architectural shifts that can make or break your modernization efforts.

#cloud migration#cloudera#Data Engineering...

career development

The Erosion of On-the-Job Learning in Data Teams: Is Corporate Upskilling Failing?

An investigation into the declining availability of hands-on skill development at work, as companies shift responsibility for learning to individuals despite complex tech stacks.

#career development#certifications#corporate training...

Data Engineering

Spreadsheets Are Eating Your Backend: Google Sheets as Production Database

The zero-cost backend hack powering MVPs is now fueling production nightmares. Why data engineers hate Sheets-as-a-database and when you might do it anyway.

#Data Engineering#Google Sheets#MVP...