5 Data Engineering Projects Ideas To Put On Your Resume

Seattle Data Guy shares five data engineering project ideas to help build a portfolio and strengthen your resume.

Dice's 2020 tech jobs report cites Data Engineering as the fastest growing job 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 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 thirty years. Yes, you heard that correctly, thirty years, dating back far before the origins of both FaceBook, YouTube and Amazon. We have established that data engineering is a well-paying position, in one of the fastest-growing tech fields, with relatively low competition. What is not to love? So let's add a few data engineering project ideas to your resume. If you want to learn more about data engineering, check out Googles Data Engineering Course bit.ly/3c3woxu If you'd like to read up on my updates about the data field, then you can sign up for our newsletter here. seattledataguy.substack.com/​​ What Skills Do Data Engineers Need? youtube.com/watch?v=LgSHaOvNodA If you like this video, then subscribe to the channel! youtube.com/channel/UCmLGJ3VYBcfRaWbP6JLJcpA?sub_confirmatio… Projects Included In Video HashtagCashtag github.com/shafiab/HashtagCashtag Scraping Rental Prices sspaeti.com/blog/data-engineering-project-in-twenty-minutes/ Github Data Analytics hoffa.medium.com/400-000-github-repositories-1-billion-files… Crawling For Inflation github.com/uhussain/WebCrawlerForOnlineInflation All signs point towards an auspicious future for data engineering. Thanks to Clint for putting together this list of project: linkedin.com/in/clint-morris-572604167/ However, merely graduating from a relative field alone will not qualify you for a data engineering position. You'll need related real-world experience to fine-tune your hard skills. Concerning your future job search, one of the best ways to develop and convey these skills is through akin data engineering portfolio projects. In this video, we will review five potential project ideas with data sources. Before we cover the projects, you need to know the skills you should include in potential projects. For that, we will explore the most in-demand skillsets for data engineers. Check out my Medium here: medium.com/@SeattleDataGuy​ If you need data consulting help, then reach out to our team here: theseattledataguy.com/ Also, if you want to read more about real-time tools check them out here portable.io/learn/real-time-data-integration-landscape 0:00 Intro 4:37 Project #1 Hashtag Cashtag Project 7:45 Project #2 Scraping Rental Prices Into Druid 9:45 Project #3 Github Analytics 11:30 Project #4 Crawling For Inflation 12:59