Zach Wilson — Data Engineer (aka “eczachly”)

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🌐 Online Profiles


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🛠️ Featured GitHub Repositories

• little-book-of-pipelines – Scala-based guide to building robust data pipelines
• video-game-training-sql – SQL training series with realistic example data and queries
• AI Engineer Handbook – The popular, community-curated AI engineer handbook (1K+⭐)
• microbatch-hourly-deduped-tutorial – Python tutorial on microbatch deduplication patterns
• personal-health-analytics – Analyze health vs social media usage trends
• DataExpert-io/data-engineer-handbook – The popular, community-curated Data Engineering Handbook (34.8K⭐, 6.7K forks)

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🎓 Courses & Bootcamps

• Data Engineer Handbook – A complete roadmap with interviews, projects, books, and community recommendations
• Bootcamp (Live) – Past cohorts include May 2024; new cohort planned for January 2025
• Online / Free Bootcamp – Community-supported cohort with shared projects and peer reviews

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💼 Career Highlights & Posts

• 📈 Career trajectory: Analyst → Data Engineer at Teradata → FAANG → Netflix → Airbnb (earning $500–600K by 2023)
• ✍️ Popular philosophy posts:

- *"You’re a data engineer, you don’t ‘use Spark and Kafka’ … focus on business outcomes"* - *"Data engineering isn’t just Spark … stop boiling roles down to one technology"*

• 🗺️ Learning roadmap: SQL → Data modeling → Python → Data quality → Distributed compute → Orchestration → Big data tools

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📝 Summary

Zach Wilson (“eczachly”) is a high-impact data engineer, educator, and open-source contributor. His work includes practical example repositories, the most-starred Data Engineering Handbook on GitHub, live bootcamp cohorts, and widely-shared industry insights. His guidance—from strategic mindset to detailed technical roadmaps—makes him one of the most trusted voices in the data engineering community.

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*Last updated: July 2025*

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