There is a serious Shortage of Skilled Data Engineers
I know companies in here that Hire from India bec thet didn't get the Qualified peoples.

So if you ask me the Market is in Need of Senior Level Data Engineers

1, I think the best person to answer this is Henok
2, For Starters i would recommend you to go out of the Tutorials you guys are seeing and start building Models, Pipelines and any Solution using data. Get your self familiarize on that one.
Next step is start the ML in production level, when you are fully cabable of Launching Models in production, then you are ready.

3, if you are starting out, i would suggest for you to advance on Data Analysis, bec that is the place where you really understand the main problems you are solving, Data Engineering becomes easier that way... if not it will be the hardest thing, bec things wont really make sense for you

From my last survey, most people in here are Fresh Graduates or Early in there careers, so i will post resources that may help you guys at least put something in your Resume!

Continuing from Yesterday...

1, I am a Data & Ai Engineer, working at Multiple Projects
2, Skills that are still valuable depends on your interest, there is not much like a universal way to that... But you can start from being:

Data Analysis -> Data Science -> Data Engineer

This way your progress will be so much Easier

3, Linkedin is a place where you meet some like minded people, recently it might have changed a bit and become a sales place, but there are some great creators in there. So start by identifying who are the famous people in your industry(Use Ai to recognize which people are considered the Voice in that Niche) and from there start to follow people in there. After that continue to local creators you want to work with and Companies you admire check thier Hired and connect with them. You can turn that into real Connections for Job in the Future.

4, There is no Specific platform, and being from Kifle hager doesn't Stop you from doing anything that any people are doing.

The Only Thing you need is Device and Internet Connection.

Which i come to believe You guys have better connection than here 😂️️
As for Platforms Start with University courses in YouTube, Good starter Could be CS50x Then go through their full Playlists and from there you can continue to advance on them.

Let me know if you guys have any Questions

The Best Person to ask this Question would be Henok: @neural_netss

What i can say is if you have done the Maths Part the next section is to start reading and implementing Old Papers from easy to hard on that area. You dont really have to find new papers just the ones that are famous and peole use to get their hands Dirty.

After having a real world implication of it, i think you can go and do your own Projects

I Myself , i am Interested in CV for MS and its a really Great Field, which i think is the Future of Ai is going to highly Advance on.

My Idea is...

So far Ai has really Advanced in NLP and LLMs
Next is Vision and Robotics, so i think it has a really Great Promising Career as well

Yeah I have been Discussing that point Already maybe check the Previous Chats, i have already Talked about them.

Honestly Speaking there is a truth to it, Most people who came from Data Engineering Dont Really come from Other place Except Data Science/Data Analyst and recently from BE as well.

So i think There are some free resources you can use, but The best ones so far are the below 2

The Above is the best so far, For Free it can really help you get all of the Fundamentals and have solid foundation.... Growing from there is the Tricky Part

Also check this routes as well, They are really helpful!

Guys make sure to grab these !

1, I Studied CS, but was doing Data Science for 3 years by the side!

2, Too Long to put this into a text

I had Interview before so check this one as well Guys, It will really help you guys!

Yes i have Heard of it, I think its a solid start, but needs more Advancement based on the time you guys will be Investing as well.

So i would recommend you to start doing projects, and from there to touch many areas you can advance on your self.

It will definetely Give you a great Foundation thou!

Salary is not always good when you start

best thing to do is Learn while you are working make 1 or 2 hours perday to learn and follow some Roadmap and fully accomplish that, you will easily become more advanced, since you have a place to fully work on what you are learning. Very soon you will Outgrow your position!

My Pleasure !

To learn ML you might need some prerequisites, but for Ai you can easily get your self, up and running in max 2 months. with Moderatly high Effort(requires More time and Dedication)
It depends on you but Give it Max 3 months and you can see where you can go