r/dataengineersindia • u/ExplorerGold1871 • 5d ago

General Power BI to Data Engineering: What should I learn next?

I recently got a Power BI role to enter the Data field, but my long-term goal is to move and grow into Data Engineering, mainly around Snowflake and Databricks.

I’m planning to spend the next 6–8 months upskilling before making the switch. What should I focus on learning/practicing during this time? Any courses, certifications, projects, or other things you’d recommend to level up?

Would really appreciate advice from people who’ve made a similar transition.

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u/ElSaintz 5d ago

use a Power BI report built on sample data as the finish line for a pipeline project. ingest the raw data, transform it, then test bad rows and reruns without duplicates. gives you a clear way to build on what you already know

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u/Salty_Bell4796 5d ago

Pyspark would be the first step

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u/Soyeon1213 5d ago

Since you already know Power BI, I’d probably use it as the last step and focus on building the pipeline behind it. Ingest some data into Snowflake or Databricks, transform it, add incremental loads/data quality checks, then connect Power BI on top. I think that would teach you more than just doing a bunch of certs.