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- Find out what you want to do

  - Think about what are your strongest applicable skills

  - Talk to as many DSes/MLEs/MLOps engineers you can

  - Experiment with various fields (watch videos, OSS work etc) 

- Find comapnies that you actually want to work for

- Find out what DS means at those places and what do they do and if that's what you want to do. Ask as many questions about the details of the job as possible at the interview, the hiring manager will be glad you want to avoid getting a job you are not committed.

Essentially: Do your homework then make a decision that is good for _you_ rather than trying to fit to an abstract idea.