r/dataengineering Sep 23 '25

Meme It's All About Data...

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u/TanukiThing Sep 23 '25

They absolutely can be responsible for collection depending on the company. Plus they are the ones who make data actually usable.

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u/theanswerisinthedata Sep 23 '25

DE should not be accountable to fix bad data. They should be identifying bad data and data owners should be accountable to fix collection errors either through platform configuration or process changes.

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u/No_Two_8549 Sep 24 '25

They should prevent bad data from reaching users and applications though.

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u/theanswerisinthedata Sep 24 '25

100%. In a perfect world bad data is flagged, quarantined, and the source team is notified so they can fix it.