Reviewing the fundamental insights – what you’ve learned so far
In these concluding remarks, we’d like to give you a big-picture view of the topics you have covered so you can see how they connect with each other. This way, you will not only review some key concepts but also learn how to apply them in real-world situations for professional development:
- Introduction to analytics engineering (Chapters 1-2): The first two chapters introduced the core concepts underpinning analytics engineering and the modern data stack. Remember how analytics engineers leverage software engineering best practices to model, transform, test, deploy, and document data in a reusable way, saving teams time and reducing duplicated effort. On the other hand, the modern data stack optimizes the speed of delivery, costs, and data democratization, but may lead to tool proliferation and siloed information.
- Building pipelines (Chapters 3-7): These chapters equipped readers with the...
