ML or ML research is something that will be done by fewer people in ML in the future. Even if the absolute numbers increase the large majority of people will be

ML or ML research is something that will be done by fewer people in ML in the future. Even if the absolute numbers increase the large majority of people will be simple users. See ChatGPT, CoPilot and co. Only very few people actually worked on those systems and even less were actually ML researchers. For me, it sounds like you have a strong case of FOMO. Back to your actual question. Hard to give advice without more information. Is there any chance for further career development in your current position? Any way to branch out into something adjacent? Focus more on backend or frontend?