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		isbvhodnvemrwvn on Nov 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Switching from Software Engineer to Data E... You are data plumber, lots of dealing with other people's shit and people who don't know what they want.

datadrivenangel on Nov 16, 2023 | [–]

This is correct, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you don't end up with the same thing in application engineering.

altdataseller on Nov 17, 2023 | [–]

Sounds like software engineering as well

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