Beginner Resources

What is Data Engineering?

• Introduction to Data Engineering
• History of Data Engineering
  (Blog)
• A non-beginner Data Engineering Roadmap — 2025 Edition
  (Blog)
• Secrets for Building a Successful Career in Data Engineering

Recommended Books & Blogs

• Fundamentals of Data Engineering
• Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide
• Learning Spark
  (for beginners)
• Spark: The Definitive Guide
  (for beginners and intermediate levels)
• High Performance Spark
  (Book - for learning advanced Spark techniques)

Resume & Interview Tips

• The Ultimate Guide to Data Engineer Interviews
• Why Most Data Engineering Resumes Get Rejected in 10 Seconds (And How to Fix Yours)
  (Blog)

Learning Pathways

Learning Roadmaps

• Data Engineering Roadmap
• Data Engineer Handbook

Projects to Practice Data Engineering Skills

• Exploring StarCraft 2 data with Airflow, DuckDB and Streamlit
• Real-Time Twitch Chat Sentiment Analysis with Apache Flink