Any company/industry where data is the product, not a support team

Reason why Data Scientists get laid off so much and have a harder time to find a new job than other tech job profiles (such as SDE) in this market is that Data Science is considered a support team that can enhance the company, but not a product without which a company crumbles.

This isn't the case with Software Engineering because for most tech companies, the software is the product, not a secondary team that can be laid off for …

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