Podcast: Engineering Hard Choices` is a podcast episode featuring Pete Hunt, CEO of Dagster Labs, where he shares insights on building and leading a data engineering team and making hard choices such as selecting an app's tech stack. He discusses topics like job search strategies, self-learning, and the relevance of advanced degrees in the field of software development. Additionally, he touches upon his experiences with building Instagram using client rendering and starting a startup from scratch before selling it to Twitter. The episode also explores the concept of strategic happiness, professional development for engineers, and the impact of data scientists on the creation of next-generation data orchestration tools.