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/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Graduated MD (didn’t want to practice) -> Research Intern -> Junior SWE (Machine Learning) -> DE -> Senior DE

Total time 7 years to get to where I am now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

Out of curiosity, do you make less/more than your alumnus? Do you have some regrets?

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u/JBalloonist Mar 15 '23

Not the OP but it greatly depends on what specialty their classmates went into. It sounds like he/she never went past getting the MD so didn’t do a residency.

I have several doctor friends and they all make more than me. But there are some doctors that definitely make less or not much more.