Post by José Siles

dbt is free. Kafka is free. Python is free. DuckDB is free. Visual Studio is free. With just these, you can: - Run everything locallly free. - Ingest, model, and transform data. - Stream streaming and batch pipelines. - Ship projects like real production stacks. You don't need to pay to learn Data Engineering! You just need: ⇒ Access to internet ⇒ Laptop with decent specs ⇒ Willingness to learn and practice Everything else is on docs, GitHub or YouTube. STOP chasing certifications. START shipping real-world projects. Follow this magic formula: ↳ Pick one concept ↳ Build something small ↳ Break it ↳ Repair it ↳ Repeat Congratulations, you are already a Data Engineer! Data Engineers are builders. Start your first pipeline this weekend! --- ♻️ Repost if this was useful! Follow 👉🏻 José for more about Data and AI