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Thank you. A lot to ponder. Im actually a PM with analytics experience so thought that DE would be an easier path in than backend SWE...

I see thank you. A lot to ponder here. I'm actually a PM with a good analytics background that is contemplating my options. I was considering DE because it seemed maybe more of a f…

This is perfect thanks. On #3, do you know of any public githubs or codebases that are good to reverse engineer and learn an end to end pipeline from? Always like to supplement boo…

For someone who has strong SQL skills and some scripting experience, what would be the best approach to shifting into data engineering? A constraint is that current place of employ…

I've dabbled in programming on the side for a while and am considering a mid/late-career switch to dev. I am comfortable with self-study. Looking for advice from anyone who has exp…

The right questions I think! Merry Xmas to you too. Yes I enjoy writing code for the most part. Was one of my more enjoyable classes in university and is satisfying to see little h…

I am in my late 30s, currently a mid-level PM that has spent the better part of a decade at series A and B startups. I have previous experience in analytics and occasional dabbling…

What is next for you?!

Yea I think this is a top 0.1% survivorship bias. Hitting 2 startup lotteries in a row at that kind of exit. Kudos.

My equity grants as a non-eng (but involved in prod dev) have ranged from 0.05% to 0.6% over the course of 10 years in startups (age 25-35). All Series A to Series B. My take is th…