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Thank you. How does one get into this field? Web dev isn’t that exciting anymore

• sevensor 2y ago
  The data engineers I know started out as data scientists. They discovered that their ability to make models that did anything useful was hampered by low-quality or absent data. Then they discovered that there was a lot more job satisfaction (not to mention much better pay) in making useful data available than there was in clicking the "train" button over and over in slightly different configurations.
• gaws 2y ago
  > How does one get into this field? Network and meet someone who will give you, a web developer (a profession that is heavily stigmatized in the industry), a chance in a very competitive field.
  • songbird23 2y ago
    I didnt realize web devs are stigmatized in the industry, as a web developer
    • mdeeks 2y ago
      They are not. There is a stigma associated with the ecosystem I think. People who can create beautiful and user-friendly interfaces are extremely valuable and respected. But my experiences trying to set up a typescript project and the unbelievable number of frameworks and crazy things to navigate (mjs/cjs) made me yearn for the pains of the Python ecosystem again.
    • shepherdjerred 2y ago
      Web developers are, front end engineers are not.