5 Data Engineering Projects To Add to Your Resume
Dice’s 2020 tech jobs report cites data engineering as the fastest-growing field in 2020, increasing by a staggering 50%, while data science roles only increased by 10%. You can rest assured that the influx of data engineering jobs will not regress anytime soon. To bolster this supposition, the International Data Group (IDG) predicts that the five-year compound growth rate (CAGR) of data utilization from 2021 to 2024 will outweigh the total data creation spanning the entirety of the last 30 years. Yes, you heard that correctly: 30 years, dating back far before the origins of FaceBook, YouTube, and Amazon.
If you are still not sold on the prospect of data engineering, let’s look into earning potential. As of May 9, 2021, with over 8,000 salaries reported, Indeed indicates that data engineers make $10,000 more per year than data scientists. Additionally, the benefits of data engineering do not stop at pay alone. A study from The New Stack indicates that there is less competition for data engineering roles than other tech positions.
The New Stack found that for LinkedIn and Indeed job posts, for every open data science position, there were 4.76 viable applicants. Data engineering roles draw only 2.53 suitable competitors per job opening, nearly doubling your chances of obtaining a data engineering role.
