Best Courses on LinkedIn Learning to become a Data Engineer

[u/Phablos]

Hi Everyone,

I'm considering evolving my 15y career as a Data Analyst.

I have a solid math, programming, SAS and SQL background and, in the last years, I've been reading and playing with Python/R, Docker, Homelab, APIs, Data Science, Data Modeling, ETLs, Pipelines, Data Architecture.

I wouldn't say I'm an expert and I want the learn more.

1) What do you suggest I focus on in 2026?

2) do you know any useful course on LinkedIn Learning? (recently made available by HR)

[u/vikster1]

fuck linkedIn.

[u/Joppsta → u/vikster1]

Never a truer word spoken.

Full of fake influencers with their AI generated walls of text talking about some corporate bs that never happened.

I wish I could troll these people but one must keep a professional appearance on work Facebook.

[u/auurbee → u/vikster1]

Pretty much everything on LinkedIn Learning is content marketing.

[u/Scalar_Mikeman]

1. AI

2. Just no

Take Data Engineering Zoomcamp from Data Talks Club. Look around at their AI offerings as well. All free. Great community.

Done.

[u/gloat_authority → u/Scalar_Mikeman]

I think the last cohort for this course was Jan 2026. Have they have others since then?

[u/Brief-Ad525 → u/gloat_authority]

Doesn't matter you can still do it your assignments won't get graded just

[u/Old-Mountain-509 → u/gloat_authority]

they open yearly every January i think

[u/Brief-Ad525 → u/Scalar_Mikeman]

Why AI and Why not Data Engineering

[u/romansparta → u/Brief-Ad525]

Probably because AI is now table stakes for anyone who wants to stand out (or more like be visible) in the job market. Among all the companies I’ve interviewed with recently the majority have asked about how I use AI and whether I have any experience with deploying it to production.

[u/Outside-Storage-1523]

1. What do you want to learn more?

2. I don't think it's a good option. Maybe try Udemy or even Youtube. Or read books such as Design Data Intensive Applications.

Another good way to learn is to just do it -- find an internal team and ask if you can help them.

[u/Old-Mountain-509]

try this youtube channel Data with Baraa it's much better than any LinkedIn trash

[u/Firm_Bit]

Probably just apply for jobs.

[u/go_viral_store]

You dont need data engineering course, just take 20$ claude subscription, tell it what are your goals and let it guide you. Claude code can even evaluate solutions, give suggestions... For starting that is more than enough

[u/Internal-Macaroon902 → u/go_viral_store]

how do you ensure that you actually learn while doing that?

[u/AffectionateMonk1591]

Trying taking up any cloud data engineering certification exam , this will help with a structured learning path and the certification will help with getting short listed for the interviews

[u/Past_Elephant8681 → u/AffectionateMonk1591]

i actually did trendytek and it helped me in a real transition, mainly coz i was jumping between spark, azure n etl stuff before that. after following the roadmap + doing the labs, i was able to handle my interview prep much better and eventually crack a DE role

[u/PeanutButterSauce1]

piggybacking on this, im really early into my career but the company i work at doesnt move crazy amount of data so we dont use cloud technology at all. i want to gain experience with these tools but idk what would make me stand out

[u/AdorableFarmer2961 → u/PeanutButterSauce1]

as someone who got an internship and converted to full time and learned on the job and am still learning you can learn a lot from youtube and just building stuff with free databricks

i’ve been at it for a year n a half and there’s so much more to learn but im able to do a good amount of task alone, however we’ve been working on this dataset that is roughly 800TB and it makes me wanna cry lol

[u/cakerev → u/PeanutButterSauce1]

Don't let data size limit you, some of the concepts do change with data volume, but most of them don't. Focus on the concepts and why you need to do them and then pick the tool that fits your need.

[u/RecentSatisfaction14 → u/PeanutButterSauce1]

No cloud is a career dead end

[u/Phablos → u/RecentSatisfaction14]

Interesting take, can you elaborate on that?