It took me 17+ years to realize what I'll tell you in 18 minutes

If you are self-taught AWS data engineer then this playlist is for you:    • AWS Data Engineering   In this video, I’m breaking down 7 honest truths I wish someone had told me when I was getting started as a data engineer. These are the lessons that could’ve saved me years of stress, burnout, and imposter syndrome. No hype. No fluff. Just the stuff I had to learn the hard way — so you don’t have to. 👇 Resources to help you find your data engineering path:    • Object-Oriented Programming in PySpark: A ...      • Amazon Redshift Tutorial: Master the Conce...      • End-to-End ETL Pipeline in AWS: Redshift, ...      • 3 Proven Strategies to Solve Any SQL Query...      • 13 Years as a Data Engineer: My Career Jou...   Video timeline: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Point 1 - Apply when you are 60% qualified 03:22 Point 2 - Master the process of learning itself 05:55 Point 3 - Aim for professionally competent 07:35 Point 4 - Take actions before you feel ready 10:00 Point 5 - Develop problem solving skills 12:35 Point 6 - Code is just to serve the business 14:20 Point 7 - Sustainable success requires sustainable habits 16:35 Recap + Advice #codingtips #codingmotivation #learncoding