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Re: Ask HN: What are some job sectors which are crying out for tech talent in 2021?

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Post by giantg2 » Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 1:32 AM UTC

dpeck wrote: post #20

Data Engineering. Honestly I don’t like the name because gathering information, transforming, storing, and making it available for other uses is core to general software engineering, but I digress. Many large companies in non-tech spaces are investing HEAVILY in their data engineering and automation teams. Many setting up Chief Data Officer positions and lots of roles reporting into them that have very good compensat…

I hate these roles at my company. I guess it's mostly because the data systems are a mess and require DB2 and COBOL knowledge.

Re: Ask HN: What are some job sectors which are crying out for tech talent in 2021?

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Post by giantg2 » Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 1:35 AM UTC

f0e4c2f7 wrote: post #7

Cloud / Devops work pays extremely well in the US and not very many people seem to enjoy it.

I am in a DevOps role and do not like it. It's mostly config, troubleshooting, and PRD support. It would be nice to do some actually coding.

Re: Ask HN: What are some job sectors which are crying out for tech talent in 2021?

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Post by giantg2 » Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 1:37 AM UTC

larrykubin wrote: post #4

I see a huge amount of capital going into the crypto space. I would say learning Solidity would pay off big right now.

Maybe I'm just dense, but i feel like crypto is in a dad phase and will not really grow from here.

Re: Ask HN: What are some job sectors which are crying out for tech talent in 2021?

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Post by pickle-wizard » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 4:27 PM UTC

dpeck wrote: post #20

Data Engineering. Honestly I don’t like the name because gathering information, transforming, storing, and making it available for other uses is core to general software engineering, but I digress. Many large companies in non-tech spaces are investing HEAVILY in their data engineering and automation teams. Many setting up Chief Data Officer positions and lots of roles reporting into them that have very good compensat…

This sounds interesting to me. How would one move into this spaces? I come from a Sysadmin/DevOps backgroud. I have done a lot of scripting over the years, but never any software development. Would it be worth while getting a Masters in something like Data Analytics, or should I focus more on certifications?

Re: Ask HN: What are some job sectors which are crying out for tech talent in 2021?

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Post by dpeck » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 10:27 PM UTC

pickle-wizard wrote: post #24

dpeck wrote: post #20

Data Engineering. Honestly I don’t like the name because gathering information, transforming, storing, and making it available for other uses is core to general software engineering, but I digress. Many large companies in non-tech spaces are investing HEAVILY in their data engineering and automation teams. Many setting up Chief Data Officer positions and lots of roles reporting into them that have very good compensat…

This sounds interesting to me. How would one move into this spaces? I come from a Sysadmin/DevOps backgroud. I have done a lot of scripting over the years, but never any software development. Would it be worth while getting a Masters in something like Data Analytics, or should I focus more on certifications?

In my opinion masters are not worth it unless someone else is paying for it.

The line between scripting and software development means a lot less when you’re writing ETL pipelines. I don’t think you’d have too much to worry with if you’re comfortable with something like Python from a devops context.

Speaking for the teams that I lead, do a little work with Airflow, have something approaching expert level SQL skills, be able to talk about Python requests, pypetter, and related libraries/tools and you’d have a good shot at getting an interview.