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Re: Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program

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Post by jakek »

I'm the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program, and the new Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program we just launched above. With the Data Science program, which helps PhDs transition to industry, we're at 70+ alumni working as data scientists at companies like Facebook, Square, LinkedIn, Airbnb, etc.

This new Data Engineering Program is NOT restricted to PhDs, and open to all professional engineers or BS/MS graduates. It's still free, just like the Data Science Program, and is designed for people who want to leverage their existing software engineering skills to transition to a career in data.

Happy to answer any questions here.

Re: Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program

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Post by tubbzor »

jakek wrote: post #2

I'm the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program, and the new Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program we just launched above. With the Data Science program, which helps PhDs transition to industry, we're at 70+ alumni working as data scientists at companies like Facebook, Square, LinkedIn, Airbnb, etc. This new Data Engineering Program is NOT restricted to PhDs, and open to all professional engineers or B…

Wow this is really awesome and I'd like to participate so I'll ask a couple questions.

I'm in my last semester of university for CS (starting graduate school in the Fall), what kinds of 'pre-reqs' would you suggest in terms of languages/programming paradigms/statistics knowledge?

What is the weekly number of hours we should be prepared to commit?

Re: Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program

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Post by jakek »

tubbzor wrote: post #4
jakek wrote: post #2

I'm the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program, and the new Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program we just launched above. With the Data Science program, which helps PhDs transition to industry, we're at 70+ alumni working as data scientists at companies like Facebook, Square, LinkedIn, Airbnb, etc. This new Data Engineering Program is NOT restricted to PhDs, and open to all professional engineers or B…

Wow this is really awesome and I'd like to participate so I'll ask a couple questions. I'm in my last semester of university for CS (starting graduate school in the Fall), what kinds of 'pre-reqs' would you suggest in terms of languages/programming paradigms/statistics knowledge? What is the weekly number of hours we should be prepared to commit?

Thanks!

If you haven't already, I would recommend taking an intro to databases course. A machine learning course would also be helpful, if you have time to take it before you finish. Other than courses, I would try to build some weekend projects that demonstrate your ability to write clean, modular code.

Regarding hours: Insight is really intense, so while the official hours during the six week program are M-F 10am-6pm, most Fellows stick around pretty late each evening. The peer-to-peer learning aspect of the program is one of its biggest strengths, and you get the most out of that when you can be around the office collaborating with others as much as possible.

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Post by chubot »

jakek wrote: post #2

I'm the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program, and the new Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program we just launched above. With the Data Science program, which helps PhDs transition to industry, we're at 70+ alumni working as data scientists at companies like Facebook, Square, LinkedIn, Airbnb, etc. This new Data Engineering Program is NOT restricted to PhDs, and open to all professional engineers or B…

Do you teach people about "hygiene", e.g. data provenance, versioning, and how to design schemas? I work on "big data" stuff at one of these major companies, and IMO the state of things is pretty sad. A typical pipeline involves a bunch of files strewn about a distributed file system, or a pretty messy database, especially when multiple teams are involved.

The tools (I use) don't encourage good practices or have good defaults. You have to put in extra effort and write proper metadata, etc.

I think things are just new so this kind of issue doesn't get much attention yet. Curious to see if anyone has written anything about it. I guess academics and government and people who have to keep data around for a long period of time will have thought more about this.

Re: Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program

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Post by gautamsivakumar »

yurisagalov wrote: post #3

I've been following Jake's Insight Data Science program for quite some time and continue to be amazed and impressed by the quality of his fellows (all top University grads) and the quality of the companies hiring... Super excited for his new Data Engineering program!

I second this. I've met a number of the Insight Data Scientists, and they are incredibly impressive. It will be very interesting to watch the progression of those lucky enough to get into the Data Engineering program.

Re: Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program

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Post by eggoa »

jakek wrote: post #2

I'm the founder of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program, and the new Insight Data Engineering Fellows Program we just launched above. With the Data Science program, which helps PhDs transition to industry, we're at 70+ alumni working as data scientists at companies like Facebook, Square, LinkedIn, Airbnb, etc. This new Data Engineering Program is NOT restricted to PhDs, and open to all professional engineers or B…

I see that the application deadline is April 14 for a program starting June 2. When do the accepted candidates get notified? This would be pretty important for an applicant outside of the bay area.
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