Do Data Roles Have a Future?

Does data engineering have a future? What about data roles in general? As AI makes it faster and cheaper to write code, build pipelines, and generate analytics/reports, what happens to the people doing the work? In this episode of Freestyle Friday, I rant about how AI is reshaping data engineering, analytics, data science, and other data roles. We'll look at the changing economics of technical work, why fundamentals and business understanding still matter, and what this means for the next generation of data professionals. The work isn't disappearing, but the roles built around it will likely look very different.