What's A Data Engineering "Day Turn?"


The Latest From Pipeline: Your Data Engineering Resource

Hi past, present or future data professional!

Have you gotten a bit too comfortable with your 2-week sprint grind? In a professional environment, data engineers and other software developers enjoy breathing room to freely code, test and deploy products.

But what about those times where your data engineering task is scoped out, assigned and expected to be completed on the same day?

In the latest from Pipeline you’ll learn what a data engineering “day turn” is and discover strategies for efficiently working, even under intense deadline pressure.

Forget Your Sprint — When Data Engineering Tasks Must Be Completed In The Same Day

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-Zach

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