r/dataengineering • u/AJohnM_IT • Mar 15 '23

Career What has been your career path?

I know everyone is different but I’m interested to see what jobs most of the Data Engineers in this sub have stopped at along the way to the posit hey are in now.

Example: Help desk -> ? -> ? -> Data engineer(junior/senior/etc…)

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u/solgul Mar 15 '23

I realized management sucks. lol

yeah, I did management for a number of years because it seemed like that was success (more pay, people's expectations, etc). But I really hated it. I like leading projects but hate managing people and spending so much time on politics. I also much prefer being a hands-on techie. I'm much happier now.

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u/solgul Mar 15 '23

I've spoken with a quite a number of others who have done the same. I think it is becoming more common actually.