What is DET
Data Engineer Things (DET), founded by Xinran Waibel, is a global data engineering community for data professionals to connect and learn.
Why join DET?
Active Slack Community
Join our Slack group with 7.5K+ members. Ask questions, discuss data engineering topics, and connect with professionals worldwide.
Newsletters & Publications
Stay updated with our newsletter and read insights from data engineers on our Medium publication.
Webinars & Events
Attend regular webinars and events featuring domain experts in data engineering.
Networking & Support
Build meaningful connections, get support, and grow together with a welcoming community of data professionals.
Our Partners
How DET started
“It was 2017. I was a junior in college. I loved working with RDBMS and SQL during my internship. I wanted to become a data engineer. But I didn’t know how.
There weren’t many books or online resources about data engineering. I didn’t know data engineers who I could talk to. I felt alone and lost.
I was lucky enough to find a mentor, Donald Sawyer, who showed me the way of data engineering and helped me navigate my career. But I know few got a mentorship like this.
Today, I see more and more people want to build a career in data engineering and many are just as lost as I was. And I know that feeling so well.
That’s why I started Data Engineering Things! I want us to have a community where we feel safe to say “I don’t know”, ask questions, and learn from each other.”
– By Xinran Waibel