--- title: RAW & HONEST advice to DATA ENGINEERS By Ansh Lamba description: Career advice for data engineers navigating an increasingly competitive and AI-influenced job market. Key recommendations include mastering fundamentals beyond... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/raw-honest-advice-to-data-engineers-by-ansh-lamba-uaqofk2m5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: RAW & HONEST advice to DATA ENGINEERS By Ansh Lamba | daily.dev og:description: Career advice for data engineers navigating an increasingly competitive and AI-influenced job market. Key recommendations include mastering fundamentals beyond... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/raw-honest-advice-to-data-engineers-by-ansh-lamba-uaqofk2m5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uAqOfK2m5.png og:image:alt: RAW & HONEST advice to DATA ENGINEERS By Ansh Lamba og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # RAW & HONEST advice to DATA ENGINEERS By Ansh Lamba **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 10 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Career advice for data engineers navigating an increasingly competitive and AI-influenced job market. Key recommendations include mastering fundamentals beyond basic Python/SQL (data warehousing, data modeling, lakehouse architecture), picking and deeply learning a cloud ecosystem (AWS, Azure, GCP), integrating AI tools like agentic IDEs and MCP servers into daily workflows, and building end-to-end portfolio projects aligned with target job descriptions. The role is evolving from ETL-focused to owning the entire data ecosystem, and data engineers are positioned as enablers of AI rather than being replaced by it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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