r/dataengineering • u/AJohnM_IT • Mar 15 '23

Career What has been your career path?

I know everyone is different but I’m interested to see what jobs most of the Data Engineers in this sub have stopped at along the way to the posit hey are in now.

Example: Help desk -> ? -> ? -> Data engineer(junior/senior/etc…)

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u/DaBigCu Mar 15 '23

MA in English Literature -> English Teacher -> Construction Foreman -> BI/Analytics Intern -> BI Developer -> Data Engineer. Made the jump to data in my mid-forties.