Startups are a good place to look for data jobs where you can make an impact. It's pretty easy to use data the "right way" if you start early, but it's incredibly hard to change the way data is used at 30+ year old companies or ones that are already hundreds of people large.
If you're the first data hire at a company of 10 to 20 (mostly engineers) and the founders seem sharp, there's a good chance you'll be doing things that actually help the business.
There's obviously a risk that the company will go under, but if the answer to "would I use this?" is "yes", that's been enough for me to be happy at work.
If you're the first data hire at a company of 10 to 20 (mostly engineers) and the founders seem sharp, there's a good chance you'll be doing things that actually help the business.
There's obviously a risk that the company will go under, but if the answer to "would I use this?" is "yes", that's been enough for me to be happy at work.