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As data became more and more available to companies, data integration became one of the most crucial challenges for organizations. In the past decades, ETL (extract, transform, load) and later ELT (extract, load, transform) emerged as data integration methods that transfer data from a source to a data warehouse.

In our experience at Secoda working with many data teams, we've seen most data teams do not have the tools they need to succeed. For growing organizations, the data function is usually an afterthought. The first data hire is brought on before raising a Series A and is expected to manage the workload that comes afterward with little to no support.

From personal experience, I have always found it interesting to learn how to create an organized catalog of data. However, this interest was transformed into a passion when I began to realize the amount of time and effort it could save me within my job responsibilities. Creating a data catalog can greatly help you with organizing the data they collect, therefore making it easier to find what you need when you need it.