TLDR Tech / Data
2028 - THE GREAT DATA RECKONING
AI-driven automation has radically compressed the data tooling market, eliminating 60–70% of vendor value in 18 months as end-to-end workflows render category boundaries obsolete. Only practitioners with deep business context, data modeling, and architectural expertise have seen compensation grow, while routine engineering roles have been automated or shifted to lower-wage “AI pipeline supervision”. Fundamental skills—business understanding, governance, and institutional knowledge—have become the true differentiators as headcount shrinks and platform consolidation accelerates.
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