#156 Zhamak's Corner 9 - A Vision of the Data Product Developer Role in Data Mesh

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/datameshradio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Data Mesh Radio Patreon</a> - get access to interviews well before they are released</p><p>Episode list and links to all available episode transcripts (most interviews from #32 on) <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZmCIinVgIm0xjIVFpL9jMtCiOlBQ7LbvLmtmb0FKcQc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><p>Provided as a free resource by DataStax <a href="https://www.datastax.com/products/datastax-astra?utm_source=DataMeshRadio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AstraDB</a>; George Trujillo's contact info: email (<a href="mailto:george.trujillo@datastax.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">george.trujillo@datastax.com</a>) and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetrujillo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></p><p>For more great content from Zhamak, check out her book on <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/data-mesh/9781492092384/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">data mesh</a>, <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/software-architecture-the/9781492086888/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a book she collaborated on</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhamak-dehghani/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">her LinkedIn</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/zhamakd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">her Twitter</a>. <a href="https://data-mesh-learning.slack.com/archives/C01NGBKC6QL/p1667767709690889" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oh, and she's hiring</a>.</p><p>Who will be the data product developer in data mesh? There has been a misconception in Zhamak's view that the application developers should be the ones focused on building the data products as well - but she thinks they already have a full-time role :) But, we need someone applying software engineering practices and data know-how to building data products. Right now, to do data work, you need way too much tool knowledg