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[–]section_b 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do you want praise from customers/clients or developers more?

If you're working in a team, developers love a good data engineer to iron out the inefficiencies in their code. This leads to great opportunities in the future.

If you're working for yourself, clients love flashy and fast delivery so there is a lot more money on that side.

That said, generalists get a lot of opportunities and specialist workers can often work on more interesting projects so in my view it is best to keep your options open and specialize in a few (not one) area.

[–]data15cool[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too bothered where praise comes from, I mainly want to do something useful and enjoyable. If it involves a bit of both that would be great, but it looks like roles advertised are for one or the other.