There’s several distinct fields aimed at working with data.
- Data analytics analyses existing data to discover trends and patterns. They create data visualisations and communicate these insights to stakeholders.
- Data science takes analytics and cranks it to 11. It involves building statistical and machine learning models for insights and predictions. This is not unlike machine learning engineering.
- Data engineering builds out infrastructure for data storage and processing. This is not unlike regular software engineering.
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