15-Minute Discovery Call — Get to Know Each Other

What We’ll Discuss

1. Your Background & Current Skills

• Your prior experience (development, support, analytics, etc.)
• Quick skill checks on SQL, Python, Spark
• How much time you can realistically devote to new learning
• Any current learning path or roadmap you’re following

2. Your Perspective

• How you currently see the Data Engineering field

What I Will Walk You Through

1. Data Engineering Landscape Overview

• Difference between big-data companies vs. small-data companies
• Typical challenges, expectations, and work culture in each

2. Practical Data Engineering Workflow (High-Level)

• Source control, CI/CD fundamentals, Orchestration, APIs in a data ecosystem, Data Lake vs. Data Warehouse, how modern data pipelines are structured end-to-end

What Happens After the Call?

I will take 1–2 days to thoughtfully assess your skills, profile, goals, and available time.

Then I’ll share a personalized short-term & long-term roadmap, which may include:

• Skills to prioritize
• Suggested tools & topics
• Learning plan
• Projects to build
• Follow-up sessions (optional)