Andreas Kretz
Plumbers of Data Science
Data Engineering is the plumbing of data science. Almost invisible, but super important and a big mess when done wrong. We talk about interesting Data Engineering trends and topics. I also train Data Engineering in my Data Engineering Academy at LearnDataEngineering.com
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Jul 8, 2026
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#102 Data Tools & Platforms: Why you should always be skeptical 26.07.2024 4:49
In this episode of the Plumbers of Data Science podcast, we explore why you should be skeptical of data platforms and tools. Using a LEGO Grogu set from Star Wars as an analogy, I reveal the hidden issues behind flashy exteriors: chaotic scaffolding, empty spaces, and missing features. I emphasize the importance of trying tools yourself, running benchmarks, and checking if they fit your use case....
#101 GenAI from a Data Engineer's perspective - Hero Talk with Vinoth Nageshwaran 22.07.2024 43:28
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#100 Why Excel should be a go-to tool for data professionals 19.07.2024 7:15
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#99 Real Talk on GenAI & Large Language Models - Hero Talk with Harpreet Sahota 15.07.2024 48:13
In this Hero Talk episode we dive into the exciting and evolving world of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) with a special guest, Harpreet Sahota. Join us as Harpreet shares his extensive knowledge and experience as a seasoned data scientist. We explore the transformative potential of Generative AI, practical applications, and the challenges that come with integrating these advanced m...
#98 Are Job Guarantees a Scam? 12.07.2024 9:47
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#97 Data Science Career AMA! - Hero Talk with Andrew Jones 05.07.2024 58:14
In this Hero Talk episode we dive into the world of Data Science careers with a special Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. Join me as I welcome Andrew Jones, founder of the Data Science Infinity program. Andrew shares his journey from working at top tech companies such as PlayStation to founding his own academy. We discuss the current job market, the role of certifications, and how to build an effecti...
#96 Can GenAI be trusted? 28.06.2024 10:00
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#95 The Perfect CV for Switching Careers 21.06.2024 12:56
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#94 - Making less money to set yourself up for success?! 14.06.2024 7:29
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#93 Is the highest paying job the best? 07.06.2024 12:19
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#92 Is it impossible to get a Data Engineering job as a fresher? 31.05.2024 13:38
The ultimate place to learn Data Engineering: learndataengineering.com
#91 A New Beginning & All Successful Students Have This: 31.05.2024 7:53
Starting up the podcast for another session :)
#90 Taylor McGrath - The Future of the Modern Data Stack 25.01.2023 47:00
Super happy to have Taylor with me on this stream. She is the VP of Data Labs at Rivery and therefore has a lot of experience with data platforms. We'll talk about the modern data stack and where it's going. I'm excited to hear her experience about the changes that are happening in the data space, and what that means for data engineers & data teams.
#89 Piyush Sachdeva - Getting Into Google After Eight Rejections from Amazon! 16.01.2023 44:26
In this video I talk to Piyush who's an engineer at Google and has his own YouTube channel: "Tech Tutorials with Piyush". He's a really good guy and I love how he's dedicated to teaching engineering. We are talking about some awesome topics like: Is Linkedin a must for getting a job? Tips for recording yourself Cloud Engineering vs Data Engineering Which Cloud Platform should you choos...
#88 - Wouter Trappers - How to Realize a Data Strategy Like a Pro! 12.04.2022 39:48
I have seen people doing that wrong a few times. Luckily Wouter Trappers who is helping companies as a professional can help. We talked about The steps you need to take from value proposition to dashboards. Wouter is really knowledgeable and it was super fun talking with him and hearing his approach.
#87 - Dhruba Borthakur - From Hadoop to real time analytics 12.04.2022 1:05:37
Dhruba Borthakur is CTO at Rockset and a passionate Data Engineer. Before co-founding Rockset he played a big role in development of Hadoop HDFS at Yahoo as well as HBase and RocksDB at Facebook. His current project is the serverless Rockset platform where you can gain real time analytics insight into your data. I tried it out before our talk and really liked it.
#86 The Ultimate Data Engineering Introduction 14.01.2021 1:14:35
The Podcast is back!!!! I promise I am going to keep it up to date this time ;) In this episode I talk about my newest Data Engineering course. I think it's the ultimate 1 hour 15 minutes introduction to Data Engineering. There were also a ton of questions from the chat that I answered. Think you really enjoy this.
#085 Big Data and Data Science Landscape plus trying to read Tweets with Nifi 28.05.2019 43:06
We are looking into the network communication protocol map. I first saw this like 10 years ago and its awesome. Then we check out the Big Data and Data Science Landscape image. It shows you all the tools available to do data science, machine learning and data engineering. Which is very helpful if you are researching for tools to use. Before using the Twitter API you got to create a dev...
#084 Behind the scenes: Audio podcast, free transcriptions and GitHub 27.05.2019 51:21
Today's podcast is a bit of a behind the scenes. What it takes to do a audio podcast. How you can get audio to text transcriptions for free. .Also Github questions on how to work with branches on the Cookbook
#083 Data Engineering at OLX Case Study 27.05.2019 1:10:53
Today a case study about OLX with a guest it was super fun! Here are the slides Alexeyand I talked about: https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/AlexeyGrigorev/image-models-infrastructure-at-olx
#082 Reading Tweets With Apache Nifi & IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS 27.05.2019 1:19:06
In this episode we install the Nifi docker container and look into how we can extract the twitter data. We are also talking about the differences between infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and application as a service.
#081 How to get tweets from the Twitter API 27.05.2019 1:09:47
In this episode we look into the Twitter API documentation, which I love by the way. How can we get old tweets for a certain hashtags and how to get current live tweets for these hashtags.
#080 How To Find A Job In Germany & Answering Mails 27.05.2019 54:54
Tips on how you find a job in Germany and two super interesting mails.
#079 Trying to stay true to myself and making the cookbook public on GitHub 27.05.2019 24:34
The cookbook my Youtube, it will be for free, forever! Check out the data engineering cookbook on GitHub: https://github.com/andkret/Cookbook
#078 Cookbook collaboration and updates 27.05.2019 31:08
Updates of the cookbook and how to collaborate on it
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