Sotherewas a questionontechinterviewproinourprivategroup, andtherewas a questionthat I asked, WhatareyourthoughtsoncareerOutlookforSeniordatascientistsversusSeniorDataEngineer.
Ifsomeonehas a choicebetweenthetworowsfortheirnextjobadvancement, whichonewouldyousuggest?
Um, so I answeredthisand I kindofwanttomake a videotalkingaboutthisquestion, too, because I have a lotofthingstosay.
And, um, asyouknow, I workedatFacebookbackdown.
I usedtobe a datascientist.
I think I couldsayitnow.
We'llsee.
Butpersonally, I dofeelthatdataengineersaresometimes a littlebitlike a secondclasscitizen.
I mean, sometimesdatascientists, too, but I feellikedataengineerscanfeellikethat a littlebitmorenow.
Myroommateis a didengineer, sodon't tellhimthat.
But, um, I personallythinkin a productheavycompanyculture, I'd saythatPM's orthefirstclasscitizenandthendatascientistsandthendidanengineer.
Nowthethingis, yes, there's a lotoflike, crappyworkgoingdown.
Andthenthat's usuallywhat D s managersand D managersdo.
Theytriedtofendofftheseridiculousrequestssothattheirreportcanbe a lotmoreproductiveinrealwork.
Right.
Okay, solet's talkabout D.
S or D.
Iverson T s.
So I have a lotoffriendsthataredealengineers.
Andtobehonest, theysaythatyoudon't reallylikethatengineersthatmuchbecause, umbecauseinsomesenseit's notintellectuallychallenging, especiallyat a bigcompanywhere a lotoftheseharddistributeddataproblemsarealreadysolved.
So I dothinkthatitdoesn't reallymatterwhatjobyouchoose, becausethepeoplewhoadvancethemostthepeoplewhosucceedatworkarepeoplewhodonotrestrictthemselvestodirtjobfunctionright?
Andyoushouldalwaysbestriving.
ThinklikeWhatcan I currentlydowithmysetofskillsthatwouldhavethemostimpactonmyteam, likethat's whatyou'resupposedtodo.
Andthennowyouknowthatthere's a greatfutureopportunitybecauseofyourdayofskills.
Andthenyoucouldargueforit, likewithyourwiththeir P m teemwithyourproductteamandthenjustbuildit, andthenthatwouldhave a lotofimpact.
Andthen, ifyou're a PMwith, uh, withengineeringskills, thenyoucanprototypein N V P.
Youcanoryoucancreateexperimentfor a futureandthenjustbuilditoutandthentestitoutandthenseethatthere's positivemetricsorthatit's goodfortheAreyoufoundproductmarketfitwiththatexperimentwiththat 1% experimentandthenboom, Thereyougo.
Youyou'reabletocreating M V P andinvalidateyourhypothesisandthenhavethisprojectupinthehighprioritylistonyouroldmathhighimpactforPM's as a datascientist, ifyouhavePMskills, thenessentiallyyoucansetthevisionandalsotheroadmapforyourteambecauseyouknowyou'reabletohavethedataskillstobackupallofyourargumentsforwhatshouldbethehighprioritystufftodoforthecompanyorforyourteam.
Andthenyou'reabletoprivatizeallthesefeaturesbecause, like I said, havethesedataskillsandthenbecauseyouhavethisleadershipskillsorthese P m skills I saidYouhave, you'reabletolaunchyourteamtosuccessbecauseofthat.
Soevenifyouhave a weakPM, youcouldcarrytheteam.
So I mean, inconclusion, pick a jobaccordingtoyourskillsandbutneverrestrictyourselfonyourjobtitle.
Theypayyoutoinvestinyousothatinthefutureyoucouldmake a hugedifference.
Sotherewas a questionontechinterviewproinourprivategroup, andtherewas a questionthat I asked, WhatareyourthoughtsoncareerOutlookforSeniordatascientistsversusSeniorDataEngineer.
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