Yep. And this is ultimately, IMO, what separates a "programmer" from an "engineer". Same could be said in the DS space I suppose. At a certain point in your ca

Yep. And this is ultimately, IMO, what separates a "programmer" from an "engineer". Same could be said in the DS space I suppose. At a certain point in your career the easy part becomes the coding. Anyone can learn to code... it's really not that hard. It's understanding best practices, keeping up to date with the state of the art, knowing how to solve complex problems (not in the sense that the problem is necessarily novel but in the sense that you must do so pragmatically with existing data models, infrastructure in place, and legacy crap), and how to work with stakeholders both above and below you that pose the greatest challenges.