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Hi @data_weekly,

I'd like to contribute my founder story to Data Engineering Weekly.

Title: From India to London: A Data Engineer's Journey from Student to Production at Scale

Summary:
My journey from studying in India to building production data platforms at NatWest Bank in London. The story covers:

  • Moving from India → Rome (university) → Barcelona (first job) → London (current)
  • Lessons learned from production incidents across three companies
  • 5 key insights about building reliable data systems at scale
  • What I wish I knew when starting as a data engineer

Word Count: ~1,800 words

About me:

  • Data Engineer at NatWest Bank, London
  • Previously at Accenture and Dpoint Group
  • Contributing to Apache Airflow and dbt-core open source projects
  • Writing about data engineering on Medium (71K+ views)
  • Speaking at Oxford Microsoft Data Platform Group (January 2026)

Looking forward to your feedback!

Best regards,
Pradeep Kalluri

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pradeepkalluri
Medium: https://medium.com/@kalluripradeep99

Data Engineer's journey from India to building production data platforms in London. Covers lessons learned across three countries and insights from working with banking data at scale.
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@ananthdurai Can you please have a look at this PR, Where i shared my Story as a data engineer. Thank you for your time

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