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What Is a Data Engineer?

A data engineer is a technology professional who builds storage solutions for vast amounts of data. These engineers are also responsible for creating the pipeline this data travels through: from input, to storage, to transformation into usable information. The need for reliable data storage and transformation is growing daily, so data engineers are becoming vital …

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Software Developer vs. Software Engineer: What’s the Difference?

“Software developer” and “software engineer” are commonly used terms in the software engineering industry. But is there a difference between a software developer vs. a software engineer, and if so, what is it? While some companies and professionals use the terms interchangeably, there are distinctions between each role’s focus. Both software developers and software engineers …

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What Is Data Engineering?

Data engineering involves building storage solutions for massive amounts of data and then finding ways to transform this data into useful information. Practically every industry relies on data engineers, and this reliance is only growing as the need for data-driven decision-making becomes more necessary.  But what actually is data engineering? In this guide, we’ll go …

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What Is a Back-End Developer?

You’re signing up for yet another service and entering your email for what feels like the hundredth time. Where does that information go? Is it secure? Who manages that? Back-end developers are software professionals who work on the parts of software that keep it up and running but the average user can’t see. So, what …

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What Is a Full-Stack Engineer?

Full-stack engineers are the renaissance people of software engineering. They do it all, from working with clients to understand their vision of software, to developing on the back end, to testing and releasing the software. So if you’re interested in being a software engineer who works on a broad spectrum of tasks and types of …

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What Is Product Management?

From the coffee maker that helps you get going in the morning to the app that lets you book your next vacation, these products started as an idea. And it took someone in product management to coordinate a team to take that idea and bring the product to life. If you’ve never thought about how …

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What Is a Cloud Security Engineer?

Cloud security engineers have become increasingly essential to companies across many industries as cloud-based cybercrime becomes more widespread and pernicious. As a type of security engineer, cloud security engineers are responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the security of an organization’s cloud computing environment to protect against cyberthreats. Ready to learn more about a cloud …

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Careers in UX Design Roundtable: 5 Designers Share How They Navigate the Industry

User experience (UX) design roles rarely look the same. The role of a UX designer depends significantly on the employer you work for. Because every company has different needs, audiences, and products, each defines UX design differently. UX designers work on everything from websites to mobile apps to enterprise and desktop applications.  Ultimately, a UX …

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What Is a Product Manager?

When you think about the products you use regularly, you may not consider how they came to be. The coffee maker you use to start your day or the weather app you use to figure out which coat to wear exists in large part because of a product manager. A product manager manages products, of …

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