Data analyst job offer at just $50k USD: Burkov mocks the 'sexiest job' hype fading
burkov · x · 2026-10-09
ML author Andriy Burkov shared a job-offer spam for a data analyst role paying 75-80k CAD (about $50k USD).
He quips this is what happened to "the sexiest job of the future," highlighting how far data-role salaries have fallen from the hype era.
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