What is the difference between a data engineer and a data scientist? This week on Would You Data Scientist, Wendy is joined by Alley Robinson to answer that very question. Alley is currently pivoting from software to data and shares her experience and tells us how she moved into the field. As always Wendy will have some great interview tips as well as some guest stumping hypotheticals. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The difference between a data scientist and a data engineer is that a data engineer sets up the architecture for the data and loads it into different databases for data scientists to then analyse. A data scientist is also more likely to interact with stakeholders, customers, and clients as well. 
• An engineer is usually super techy, whereas a data scientist has a balance of the tech and the communication skills. 
• Alley is going to start her Masters in 2022 but also thinks that the practical boot camps will help you get to where you need to go.
• When you're in the interview process remember that you're interviewing the company as well as them interviewing you. You need to see that they're a good fit for you and how you like to work and your career prospects. 
• Alley has found that the teams that are more diverse have been more successful. This could be down to a diversity of ideas and the safe environment that creates. This kind of workplace encourages more ideas as there isn't a fear of being shot down. 
• Alley's biggest piece of advice for someone wanting to get into data is to just go for it, keep up to date with what's going on and if you can explore it by yourself then you should.

BEST MOMENTS

'Shifting into data was something I'd never expected' 

‘If your job description is always in the same place then you're going to get the same kinds of applicants' 

‘You don't have to be stuck in one thing for your whole career' 

EPISODE RESOURCES

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alleyrobinson/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

linkedin.com/in/ethicalrecruiter
qwerkrecruitment.com
@qwerkrec on socials

ABOUT THE HOST

Wendy Gannon started Qwerk Recruitment in the middle of the Covid Pandemic to disrupt the recruitment sector with ETHICAL data recruitment and treat everyone with love, dignity and respect. Avid Music photographer of 15 years.

PODCAST DESCRIPTION

Interviewing successful Data Scientists to find out about their journey into Data Science and any struggles they've faced to help next generation Data Scientists from all walks of life to access their dream career.

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