How I would learn Data Engineering in 2026 (if I could start over) – Built by a Data Engineer

Опубликовано: 14 Май 2026
на канале: Jash Radia

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This video contains the entire roadmap to become a Data Engineer in 2026 emphasising on latest skills and even AI foundational skills. It covers resources, portfolio projects and ends with a nudge to interview prep guides.

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Resources Mentioned:

Linux, OS and Terminal:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/lea...
Networking:
   • Network Fundamentals
Git: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/lea...

SQL and DBMS track: https://datacamp.pxf.io/B55RzJ
Python Basics: https://automatetheboringstuff.com/
Python Track: https://datacamp.pxf.io/raZaod
DSA Roadmap: https://roadmap.sh/datastructures-and...

Iceberg: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/apache...
Data Modeling: https://www.holistics.io/books/setup-...
OBT: https://www.fivetran.com/blog/star-sc...

Spark: https://www.udemy.com/course/taming-b...
DBT (optional): https://learn.getdbt.com/courses/dbt-...
Kafka: https://developer.confluent.io/course...
Flink: https://developer.confluent.io/course...

Airflow: https://www.datacamp.com/courses/intr...

AWS: https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-cert...
Azure:    • DP-700 Exam Full Course (6 hours) | Micros...
GCP:    • Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Cour...

LangChain: https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-cou...
Vector Database - QDrant: https://qdrant.tech/documentation/beg...

APIs for projects:
https://pokeapi.co/docs/v2#pokemon
https://www.weather.gov/documentation...
More realtime sources: https://github.com/bytewax/awesome-pu...

Batch datasets:
https://aws.amazon.com/opendata/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pro...
https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquer...
https://data.gov/

LLM Focused datasets: https://github.com/Zjh-819/LLMDataHub

Other Optional resources:
https://www.docker.com/101-tutorial/
https://developer.hashicorp.com/terra...
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/...
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/lea...

0:00 Intro and Overview
1:42 CS Foundations
3:28 SQL, DBMS, Python, DSA
5:36 Data Modeling and Storage
7:03 Big Data Processing, Orchestration
9:26 Cloud Platforms
10:52 AI Engineering and Agents
12:10 Projects and Interviews