Is it a wise move from a junior software engineer working on data to a junior data scientist? In general how does the data scientist track work compared to software/data engineer?
You probably won’t make nearly as much money long term. Most DS’s I know are more analytics heavy than engineering heavy and get paid accordingly.
If you are a coder, you won’t like the job at all. Much less options to explore in terms of technology, in swe u can explore data infra teams and ml teams if you are inclined towards data. You don’t have those options as data scientist. What’s your actual interest?
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Bad move
Do DSes get paid less than SWE at G?
As far as I know, yes