I would say that this depends on the company's definition of AE, but in most cases yes, AEs do need insight and analytics skills, just like an analyst, although I'm sure there are cases where this is not true.
But I would always advocate for having that analytical mindset in your AE toolbox :)
Great article, thanks for sharing my Data G! As I am reading through it, I realize that you put a lot of focus on the “data engineering” side of what an analytics engineer does. Given the title is different, I can imagine there’s another side of analytics engineering that keeps in mind the end consumer of "insights” as opposed to just “analytics-ready data”. I’d love to know if you agree and to hear your thoughts on that other side of analytics engineering in a future post. It feels like the analytics engineers is this powerful mix of a data engineer + analyst.
Yes that is correct, there is a lot of focus on the more technical side of analytics engineering as that is the area where most Analysts wanting to transition to AE would need to improve. And you are also correct that there is a whole other side (which is just as important), which I will dive into in other posts.
Data engineer + analyst is a great way to put it ;)
Such an inspiring blog, Guillermo. It seems to me that AE also needs skills for insights and analytical things, so can you tell more about it?
Thank you for comment Mai!
I would say that this depends on the company's definition of AE, but in most cases yes, AEs do need insight and analytics skills, just like an analyst, although I'm sure there are cases where this is not true.
But I would always advocate for having that analytical mindset in your AE toolbox :)
Great article, thanks for sharing my Data G! As I am reading through it, I realize that you put a lot of focus on the “data engineering” side of what an analytics engineer does. Given the title is different, I can imagine there’s another side of analytics engineering that keeps in mind the end consumer of "insights” as opposed to just “analytics-ready data”. I’d love to know if you agree and to hear your thoughts on that other side of analytics engineering in a future post. It feels like the analytics engineers is this powerful mix of a data engineer + analyst.
Yes that is correct, there is a lot of focus on the more technical side of analytics engineering as that is the area where most Analysts wanting to transition to AE would need to improve. And you are also correct that there is a whole other side (which is just as important), which I will dive into in other posts.
Data engineer + analyst is a great way to put it ;)
Amazing! Looking forward to learning more :)