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Plumbers of Data Science

by Andreas Kretz

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#127 Is AI Making Us Worse Engineers? - with Dan Beach from Data Engineering Central

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#126 The Cloud, Java, and the Future of Serverless – with Vadym Kazulkin

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#125 AI Hype vs. Reality – with Christina Stathopoulos

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In this episode, I’m joined by Christina Stathopoulos, a former Googler who now works independently as a data & AI evangelist, trainer, and advisor. Not only did we talk about her path from data engineering into data science, and…
#124 These Skills Get You a Data Consulting Job – with Tom Schamberger

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#123 Building Fast and Fun Data Projects - with Mehdi Ouazza

June 19, 2025 · 1 hr 17 min

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#122 Why Writing Is Thinking , and What Data Engineers Can Learn from It - with Simon Späti

June 11, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

In this podcast episode, I’m joined by Simon Späti, long-time BI and data engineering expert turned full-time technical writer and author of the living book Data Engineering Design Patterns. We talk about: His 20-year journey from…
#121 From Application Dev to AWS Hero: A Journey in Tech & Impact - with Johannes Koch

May 19, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

In this episode, I’m joined by Johannes Koch, Principal Engineer and AWS DevTools Hero, to talk about the real DevOps mindset, the evolution of developer experience, and how community work changed his career. Johannes shares how starting…
#120 Teaching Data Engineering Like It’s Done on the Job - with Deepak Goyal

May 8, 2025 · 49 min

In this episode, I sit down with Deepak Goyal, the founder of AzureLib, to talk all things data engineering, cloud platforms, and how to teach the next generation of engineers. We explore why Azure became his go-to, how real-world projects…
#119 Recruiting is harder than I thought

November 4, 2024 · 10 min

In this episode of the Plumbers of Data Science podcast, I dive into the challenges of recruiting today, from overwhelming job application volumes to reaching out directly to recruiters. I’m testing new strategies to make the process…

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About the show

Data Engineering is the plumbing of data science. Almost invisible, but super important and a big mess when done wrong. We talk about interesting Data Engineering trends and topics. I also train Data Engineering in my Data Engineering Academy at LearnDataEngineering.com