We talked about:
- Rahul’s background
- What do data engineering managers do and why do we need them?
- Balancing engineering and management
- Rahul’s transition into data engineering management
- The importance of updating your skill set
- Planning the transition to manager and other challenges
- Setting expectations for the team and measuring success
- Data reconciliation
- GDPR compliance
- Data modeling for Big Data
- Advice for people transitioning into data engineering management
- Staying on top of trends and enabling team members
- The qualities of a good data engineering team
- The qualities of a good data engineer candidate (interview advice)
- The difference between having knowledge and stuffing a CV with buzzwords
- Advice for students and fresh graduates
- An overview of an end-to-end data engineering process
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