> And in all honesty, no data scientist with an ounce of self-worth should work long-term for such companies, unless it just happens to be their own. You're ki

> And in all honesty, no data scientist with an ounce of self-worth should work long-term for such companies, unless it just happens to be their own. You're kind of saying that no one should work for a startup ever. At small companies you have to do many things. As you said a software engineer, there aren't dedicated front-end engineers or dev-ops. Marketing teams don't have content vs. growth vs. performance vs. brand vs. email marketers. You might be the first sales person, which means no sales ops support, no account manager for ongoing relationships, etc. There are trade-offs, of course! There are trade-offs to anything. Some people value working on many aspects of a company. Some people find understanding more than their narrow field to be interesting and rewarding and, you know, self-worth-y! So I think it might be helpful to step back and consider that not everyone has the same priorities, experiences, interests, or definitions of happiness and self-worth as you do. And that's okay.