In fairness Ive seen data scientists get equally surly when management hires them expecting them to work their magic and the reality is that the data is so filt

In fairness Ive seen data scientists get equally surly when management hires them expecting them to work their magic and the reality is that the data is so filthy that there's nothing they can usefully do. Ideally you should quit if conditions make your job impossible - that being the economically "efficient" thing to do. But mortgages, kids to feed and the everpresent reality of the capitalist system often prevents one from doing that.