Description

We talked about: 

• Nicolas’ background
• The tech talent market in different countries
• Hiring data scientists vs data engineers
• A spike in interest for data engineering roles
• The importance of recruiters having  technical knowledge
• The main challenges of hiring data engineers
• The difference in hiring junior, mid, and senior level data engineers
• Things recruiters look for in people who switch to a data engineering role
• The importance of knowing cloud tools
• The importance of knowing infrastructure tools
• Preparing for the interview
• The importance of a formal education
• The importance having a project portfolio
• How your current domain influence the interview
• Conclusion

Links: 

• Nicolas' Twitter: https://twitter.com/n_rassam 
• Nicolas' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasrassam/ 
• Onfido is hiring: https://onfido.com/engineering-technology/ 
• Interview with Alicja about recruiting data scientists: https://datatalks.club/podcast/s07e02-recruiting-data-professionals.html
• Webinar "Getting a Data Engineering Job" with Jeff Katz: https://eventbrite.com/e/310270877547

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