This is a great article. I wonder if there is an avenue for a Part 0 of this series where you detail the most common / useful Excel functions! That would be massively helpful to share with the non-technical folks I work with.

Exactly. an organization could implement a data strategy that differ from the others. But SQL and Python (or other programming language) might still be relevant to all.

This would be essential to start data engineering, agree! But often, companies would look for a specific experience that fits to their project so I think more skills are needed to compete in the job market.