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Mar 26, 2024 • 27min

Matthew Weingarten from Disney Streaming about Data Quality Best Practices

Matthew Weingarten, Lead Data Engineer at Disney Streaming, talks about principles essential for data quality, cost optimization, debugging, and data modeling, as adopted by the world's leading companies.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Feb 29, 2024 • 26min

Joseph Machado, Senior Data Engineer @ LinkedIn talks best practices

Data engineering should be less about the stack and more about best practices. While tools may change, foundational principles will remain constant. Joseph Mercado, Senior Data Engineer at LinkedIn, is on The Data Engineering Show to talk about principles that are key to success, leveraging AI for automation, and adopting software engineering methods. The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Jan 24, 2024 • 46min

Professors Joe Hellerstein and Joseph Gonzalez on LLMs

Joe Hellerstein is the Jim Gray Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley and Joseph Gonzalez is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department. They’ve inspired generations of database enthusiasts (including Benji and Eldad) and have come on the show to talk about all things LLM and RunLLM which they co-founded.If you consider yourself a hardcore engineer, this episode is for you.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Jan 1, 2024 • 32min

Megan Lieu on powerful notebooks that enable collaboration

There are two types of data influencers on LinkedIn:1. Those who talk directly about the products and companies they work for2. Those that provide more general guidance, tips and opinions Can influencers actually be passionate about the products they’re developing and straightforwardly talk about them without sounding salesly? We’re kicking off 2024 with the amazing Megan Lieu on a new Data Engineering Show episode.Megan is one of those influencers that combine the two approaches, and with almost 100K followers, her content seems to be resonating with many data folks. She talked to the bros about her approach to data advocacy as well as the power of notebooks, especially when they become broader and enable collaboration.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Nov 22, 2023 • 30min

Transitioning from software engineering to data engineering

Every data team should have at least one data engineer with a software engineering background. This time on The Data Engineering Show, Xiaoxu Gao is an inspiring Python and data engineering expert with 10.6K followers on Medium. She’s a data engineer at Adyen with a software engineering background, and she met the bros to talk about why both software and data engineering skills are so important.Without software engineering skills you’ll be limited to the rigid capabilities of your stack. But without data engineering skills you’ll find it hard to be cost effective and see the bigger picture.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Oct 4, 2023 • 36min

Vin Vashishta explains why we should stop using dashboards

Vin Vashista, the guy we all love to follow, has never seen a dashboard with positive ROI. This time on The Data Engineering Show, he met the bros to talk about the difference between BI dashboards and analytics that actually introduce knowledge. It’s no longer just about the data volume, it’s about quality and relevance.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Sep 6, 2023 • 42min

Joe Reis and Matt Housley on the fundamentals of data engineering

Join Joe Reis, co-author of 'Fundamentals of Data Engineering,' and Matt Housley, a cloud technologies consultant, as they dive into the evolving landscape of data engineering. They discuss the necessity of foundational knowledge in this field, the shift to cloud-based solutions, and ensuring data governance. The duo reflects on historical challenges in data integration and the importance of inter-team collaboration to enhance outcomes. Expect a blend of insights and humor as they navigate the complexities of data's role in driving business value.
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Aug 8, 2023 • 31min

Bill Inmon, the Godfather of Data Warehousing

As people in the data industry go, Bill Inmon is among the top, often seen as the godfather of the data warehouse. In this Data Engineering Show episode, Bill Inmon talks about surviving rabbit holes throughout the evolution of data, the data modeling renaissance, and why ChatGPT is not Textual ETL.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Jul 12, 2023 • 39min

Large-scale data engineering at Momentive.ai - Meenal Iyer

As companies scale, data gets messy. The data team says one thing, the business team says something completely different. Meenal Iyer, VP Data at Momentive.ai, Met the Data Bros to talk about enforcing collaboration in large organizations to ensure what she considers the three most important data factors: Adoption, Trust, and Value.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing
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Jun 8, 2023 • 42min

Data engineering from the early 2000s till today - BlackRock

When it comes to data management, have we come a long way since the early 2000s? Or has it simply taken us 20 years to finally realize that you can’t scale properly without data modeling. With over 20 years of experience in the data space, leading engineering teams at Cisco, Oracle, Greenplum, and now as Sr. Director of Engineering at BlackRock, Krishnan Viswanathan talks about the data engineering challenges that existed two decades ago and still exist today.The Data Engineering Show is brought to you by firebolt.io and handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Joseph Machado of Linkedin, Metthew Weingarten of Disney, Joe Reis and Matt Housely, authors of The Fundamentals of Data Engineering, Zach Wilson of Eczachly Inc, Megan Lieu of Deepnote, Erik Heintare of Bolt, Lior Solomon of Vimeo, Krishna Naidu of Canva, Mike Cohen of Substack, Jens Larsson of Ark, Gunnar Tangring of Klarna, Yoav Shmaria of Similarweb and Xiaoxu Gao of Adyen.Check out our three most downloaded episodes:Zach Wilson on What Makes a Great Data EngineerJoe Reis and Matt Housley on The Fundamentals of Data EngineeringBill Inmon, The Godfather of Data Warehousing

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