[lytefm]

My educational background is much closer to data science (Math with CompSci Minor B.Sc., Data Science M.Sc.) but I've never worked in a pure data science role.

Training and tweaking models looks like the easy part of developing data driven products. Hiring compenent enough people also seems easier than for software engineers.

Many ML libraries produce good enough results without having to design elobare models myself. I see data science more as yet another tool in the belt of a a software engineer - like server admin, CI/CD, IaC, databases,...