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What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of being a Data Engineer?
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Helen Lee is a freelance data analyst and writer. She has over 15 years of marketing experience working for companies and clients in financial services, quick-service restaurants (QSR), consumer packaged goods (CPG), and education technology.
Reasonable hiring managers will understand that people run across difficult aspects of their job all the time. Avoid glossing over this question in fear of highlighting a weakness. Instead identify something you have may have struggled with and add how you dealt with it.
Helen Lee is a freelance data analyst and writer. She has over 15 years of marketing experience working for companies and clients in financial services, quick-service restaurants (QSR), consumer packaged goods (CPG), and education technology.
"One difficult aspect of being an Data Engineer is managing the sometimes conflicting demands of different departments within the company. Balancing the needs of the different departments with the capabilities of our infrastructure is one the biggest challenges I deal with on a regular basis. Although it has been difficult, I always try to see the positive aspect of the situation. Dealing with these conflicting demands has required me to learn more about the work of all of these departments. It gives me an invaluable holistic view of the company and allows me to see how all the 'pieces' fit together. So, in a way, I feel fortunate to have this challenge as there are only a few others who are exposed to this view of the company."
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