And also, the market is completely inundated with undisclosed AI slop. I had to turn down an offer recently because when I started reading the script, it became apparent very quickly that it was written by a machine.
Not a human.
Not a monkey.
A machine.

(The above has become too common a writing trope and a clear red flag.) (2/2)

@WanderingHuman It has truly invaded so many fields, it's bizarre.

I never, ever thought I would regret going into the data space - it feels like everything around me has been turned upside down. All the software dev tenets of the last decades (security, performance, maintainability) are COMPLETELY out the window and everyone pretends that that's normal!?!??

I wish you the best of luck in your search!! May we both find something that is a good fit.