97 issues in, I wanted to stop and look at where we are heading. Not the weekly news. Not the tool releases or the model benchmarks. The bigger picture: What has actually happened to us as data engineers over the last two years, and what does it mean for where our careers go from here? The profession has split into two groups. One group is more in demand than ever. The other is already feeling the automation squeeze - and oftentimes they're not aware of it yet. This week's newsletter is a full retrospective across all 97 previous editions. I've traced the three forces that reshaped the job (one economic, one regulatory, one physical), named what separated the engineers who thrived from those who struggled, and mapped what the next horizon actually looks like from here. Checkout datapro.news Video edition here 👇 What is your read on where the profession is heading?