We are back with another installment of our Exploring Tech Job Series where we dig into different technical roles to provide insight into what that role is all about. This week we are chatting about Data Engineering and we are joined by a real-life Data Engineer, Rosie! Join us as we chat about what a Data Engineer is, the day-to-day of the job, how you might get into Data Engineering, and so much more.
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Check out Datacamp to learn more about data engineering
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58. What is Data Engineering?
Data drives the world we live in, but have you ever wondered how data flows around the tech world? Or what the difference is between a data engineer, a data scientist, and a data analyst? Well this is the episode for you!
Come learn all about the basics of data engineering and key concepts like data pipelines, data storage, and the infamous ETL process. And as you’ll hear in the episode, closets and Cluedo are essential to explain all of these topics!
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57. How We Can Use Tech to Build a Better World with Maddy King
In today’s episode, we have the wonderful Maddy King on the show to discuss all things tech, AI, social media, and how we can use tech for good. Maddy’s drive to leave a better world for mokopuna means she's been heavily involved in climate action, nonprofits and social enterprise, as well as starting her own company! Tune in to hear about building tech for good, the lack of representation in tech, and why there aren’t more women tech founders and leaders.
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56. DevOps & Deployment: Releasing Your Code Into the World
What happens to your code once you finish writing it? How do you make sure software you've created smoothly gets into the hands of your users? That's where DevOps comes in!
DevOps helps us get high quality software out to users quickly and in today's episode, we give you the tea on everything you need to know about DevOps. We'll talk about what it is, some key principles and practices, and some common DevOps tools and technologies. And not only that, we also chat through some common deployment strategies so you understand some of the different ways you can release your code out into the world!
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Links to Mentioned Episodes:
To learn more about the Software Development Life Cycle, check out Episode 18. Exploring the Software Development Life Cycle
To learn about infrastructure as code, check out Episode 24. Basics of Software Infrastructure
To learn more about version control Episode 20 why you need Version Control in your life
To learn more about Git, one of the most popular version control systems, check out Episode 22 Git 101
To learn more about containerisation, check out Episode 52. Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Virtual Machines, Containers and Docker
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55. Exploring Tech Jobs: Cybersecurity Engineer
We are back with another installment of our Exploring Tech Job Series where we dig into different technical roles to provide insight into what that role is all about. This week we are chatting about Cybersecurity Engineering and are joined by a real-life Cybersecurity Engineer, Jaimee! Join us as we chat about what a Cybersecurity Engineer is, the day-to-day of the job, how you might get into Cybersecurity Engineering, and so much more.
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Certifications mentioned by Jaimee
Note: for the paid ones, you can learn all the information for the test online for free before committing to the certification as well
ISC2 Cybersecurity
CompTIA Security +
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Azure Cloud Fundamentals
Google Cybersecurity Cert
Harvard even run a Intro to Cybersecurity course for free
Coursera
Udemy