Data/ML/AIDatabases
Data Lake
A large storage repository that holds raw data in its original format (unlike a data warehouse, which stores structured, processed data).
Think of it like
Like a warehouse where every incoming shipment gets dumped in its original packaging, unsorted, versus one where everything's already been unpacked and shelved by category.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Describes a data lake as just where raw data gets stored.
Senior sounds like
Can discuss the 'data swamp' problem and how their team kept it from happening.
Ask them
“How did your team keep a data lake from turning into an unusable 'data swamp'?”