1.
Computer Science Fundamentals (If you don’t have a CS background)
Watch this if you don’t have a computer science background, as a Data Engineer having
good knowledge of CS fundamentals is important to understand big systems and how
they work
Watching these videos will give you a basic understanding of CS fundamentals
You can watch the first 7 lectures from this playlist
a. CS50 2022
b. Book - Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide
2. Programming Language
Do any courses, your main goal here is to understand how to write basic Python
Code and how to work with different datasets!
a. DataCamp - Data Engineering With Python (Recommended)
b. Coursera - Python for Everybody Specialization (Do this if you don’t know
anything about python)
c. Udemy - Python Bootcamps: Learn Python Programming and Code Training
d. freeCodeCamp - Learn Python - Full Course for Beginners
Practice Projects:
● Scrape Data Using BeautifulSoup Library eg. Amazon, Covid, Wikipedia, or any
website you like
● Build A Calculator Using Python
3. SQL (Structured Query Language)
Learn about the basics of SQL and how to write queries, once you complete the
course make sure you do hands-on practice on Hackerrank or any website you
like!
a. Udemy - The Complete SQL Bootcamp for the Manipulation and Analysis of
Data (Recommended)
b. Coursera - SQL for Data Science
c. DataCamp - Intro To SQL DataCamp
Practice SQL here
● Hackerrank SQL
4. Basics Of Linux
Why Linux? Because you will be working with many remote machines, doing SSH to
access them, and performing operations so it’s important to learn them.
You don’t have to remember all the commands but just understand what they do and
how to write them
a. Udemy - Linux for Beginners: Linux Basics
b. Coursera - Linux Fundamentals
c. freeCodeCamp - Top 50 Most Popular Linux Commands (Recommended)
Do Hands-On Project
● Beginner Data Engineering Portfolio Project (Recommended)
5. Big Data Fundamentals
This section is theoretical and you need to understand how big data system works
and their history of them
a. Coursera - Big Data Specialization (Recommended)
b. Udemy - Learn Big Data: The Hadoop Ecosystem Masterclass (Do this if you want to
learn about legacy systems)
6. Data Warehouse Fundamentals + Tool
Learn Fundamentals and then learn one tool, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift,
etc… Just learn one and you are good!
a. Fundamentals
i. Coursera - Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence Specialization
(recommended for deep dive)
ii. Udemy - Data Warehouse Fundamentals for Beginners (recommended
for quick learning)
b. Tools
i. Snowflake - Snowflake – The Complete Masterclass
ii. Snowflake Doc - https://www.snowflake.com/certifications/
7. Learn Batch Processing + Tool
a. Spark Fundamentals
i. DataCamp - Big Data Fundamentals with PySpark (recommended)
ii. Udemy - Spark and Python for Big Data with PySpark
b. Databricks
i. Udemy - Azure Databricks & Spark Core
ii. Udemy - Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
iii. Coursera - Databricks for Data Engineering
8. Learn RealTime Streaming
a. Realtime Streaming (Kafka)
i. Udemy - Apache Kafka Course for Beginners: Learn Kafka Online (check
this)
ii. edX - Building ETL and Data Pipelines with Bash, Airflow, and Kafka
Do Hands-On Project - Stock Market Real-Time Streaming Pipeline
9. Data Orchestration (AirFlow)
a. Udemy - The Complete Hands-On Introduction to Apache Airflow
b. DataCamp - Airflow
Do Hands-On Project - Twitter Data Pipeline using Airflow
10. Cloud Computing
Advance section, do courses, and then do the certification to add value in your
Resume, If you are new then start with AWS but if you know about
other clouds then you can do that too!
a. AWS (Amazon Web Services)
i. Udemy - Ultimate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
ii. Udemy - Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA)
iii. Coursera - AWS Solution Architect Associate
b. GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
i. Coursera - Cloud Data Engineer Professional Certificate
c. Microsoft Azure
i. Coursera - Microsoft Azure Data Engineering Associate
ii. Udemy - AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
iii. Udemy - Azure Data Engineer Certified:8 COURSE BUNDLE
Do Hands-On Project
1. Build ETL Pipeline Using AWS Cloud
2. Covid Data Analysis Project
3. YouTube Data Analysis (End-To-End Data Engineering Project)
11. Learn Modern Data Stack
a. Learn Basics -
https://analyticsindiamag.com/modern-data-stack-and-what-we-know-about-it/
b. Dbt - https://www.getdbt.com/dbt-learn/
c. Airbyte - https://airbyte.com/
d. Fivetran - https://www.fivetran.com/
12. DataOps
a. Docker Guide - https://www.coursera.org/projects/docker-for-absolute-beginners
b. Udemy - Docker & Kubernetes: The Practical Guide
Recommended Books
1. Designing Data-Intensive Applications
2. Fundamentals of Data Engineering
3. The Data Warehouse Toolkit
Read Real-World Case Studies
1. Netflix - https://netflixtechblog.medium.com/
2. AWS - https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/
3. GCP - https://cloud.google.com/customers
4. Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/customer-stories/
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