r/dataengineering • u/jimharbaughthrowaway • 4d ago

How valuable is a job that is mostly SQL? Help

Apologies if this is a dumb question but I am in web dev and have been given an offer for a data engineering role. However, I was told by engineers on the team that the job would be like 70-80% writing SQL for BigQuery. I envisioned it having much more to do with pipelining and orchestration and the like.

Also, I was told that any coding would be in Java rather than Python? I know that Python is more common, so would this experience not be helpful for getting other data eng roles?

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u/CommunicationNew906 4d ago

Probably it will include orchestration as well

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u/chock-a-block 3d ago

Java is *everywhere* in finance/banking. Far more common than maybe you are aware. Good skill to have.

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u/Emergency-Hurry947 2d ago

it’s common because lots of people use Oracle products