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24 alternatives to The State of Data Engineering

Digging deep into the data engineering talent shortage

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The State of Data Engineering launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Use data to source the best software engineers

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I'm currently a Master's student at USTC (University of Science and Technology of China). I've been diving deep into Data Engineering, especially in the context of Large Language Models (LLMs). The Problem: I found that learning resources for modern data engineering are often fragmented and scattered across hundreds of medium articles or disjointed tutorials. It's hard to piece everything together into a coherent system. The Solution: I decided to open-source my learning notes and build them into a structured book. My goal is to help developers fast-track their learning curve. Key…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3DP
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    Codecademy for Data Science

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Source talented software engineers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Data analysts training data analysts

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    DataCamp▲167

    Learn R & Become a Data Analyst

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    A data platform for discovering the perfect engineering hire

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Latest trends on hiring tech and more

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Up-to-date job data directly from company websites

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    A daily aggregator of design, development & engineering jobs

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Gradberry▲119

    Curated + code-verified software engineering talent

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Discover machine learning, AI, and data science jobs

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    The social network for data people

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The #1 source for data engineering jobs

    2024 · dataengineerjobs.com · its alternatives →

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    DataTau▲75

    HackerNews for Data Scientists

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Codeacademy for data

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Analytics, sans dashboard.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Data-driven career direction for tech professionals

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Amazing companies searching for the best dev talent.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    An evaluation too that helps you hire developers faster

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Velvet▲166

    Make everyone a data engineer

    2024 · usevelvet.com · its alternatives →

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    Centralized people data for analysis, planning and new hires

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Stats on women in SWE, from startups to big tech, and more

    2022 · its alternatives →

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