Data Analytics & Data Engineering Roadmap
1. Data Analytics Roadmap ■ (Insight-focused)
Goal → Use data to find trends, patterns, and insights for decision-making.
Stage 1 – Foundations
- Math & Stats Basics: Mean, median, variance, probability, correlation, hypothesis testing.
- Excel/Google Sheets: Pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data cleaning.
- SQL: SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, JOIN, aggregate functions.
- Data Visualization: Chart types, storytelling with data.
Stage 2 – Intermediate Skills
- BI Tools: Power BI / Tableau / Looker.
- Advanced SQL: CTEs, window functions, subqueries.
- Python for Analytics: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn.
- Basic Data Cleaning: Handling missing values, outliers.
- Basic Statistics for Decision Making: A/B testing, regression analysis.
Stage 3 – Advanced Analytics
- Data Modeling: Star schema, snowflake schema (for dashboards).
- Machine Learning Basics: Regression, classification, clustering.
- Big Data Exposure: Using Spark for analytics (optional but useful).
- Storytelling & Business Acumen: Converting analysis into actionable insights.
2. Data Engineering Roadmap ■■
(Pipeline-focused)
Goal → Build and maintain the infrastructure that stores, moves, and processes data.
Stage 1 – Foundations
- Programming: Python (essential) or Java/Scala.
- SQL Mastery: DDL, DML, optimization, indexes.
- Linux & Shell Scripting: File handling, automation.
- Data Modeling: Normalization/denormalization.
Stage 2 – Core Data Engineering Skills
- ETL/ELT Concepts: Data extraction, transformation, loading.
- Databases: OLTP (MySQL, PostgreSQL), OLAP (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
- Data Pipelines: Airflow, Luigi, Prefect.
- Batch & Streaming Data: Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming.
Stage 3 – Advanced & Cloud
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR), Azure (Data Factory, Synapse), GCP
(BigQuery, Dataflow).
- Big Data Frameworks: Hadoop, Spark (PySpark for Python users).
- Data Lake & Data Warehouse Design.
- CI/CD for Data: Git, Docker, Kubernetes.
Quick Overlap Table ■
Skill Area Data Analyst ■ Data Engineer ■
SQL ■ ■
Python ■ (analysis) ■ (pipelines)
Data Modeling ■ (for BI) ■ (for storage)
BI Tools ■ ■
ETL Pipelines ■ ■
Big Data Tools Optional ■
Cloud Services Optional ■
