Navigating a Wild Data Job Market with Michael Butts & Jeff Wohlgamuth of Burtchworks

Is the data job market broken — or just reshuffled?

The vibes are all over the place. Some people have tons of opportunities; others have been job hunting for six months. What separates the two camps?

Ryan and Aaron sit down with Jeff and Michael from Birchworks, a 19-year executive search firm specializing in data engineering, data science, and AI placements, to get the real story on what's happening in data hiring right now.

We dig into:

• Where the demand actually is (and where it isn't)

• Why listing tools on your resume doesn't cut it anymore — and what to show instead

• The three things employers want to see from every candidate

• How fraud is reshaping the hiring process

• What it takes to break into leadership — and why the CDO role has fundamentally changed

• Compensation trends: who's getting raises and who's getting squeezed

• The fractional career path and why PE firms can't get enough of it

• Honest advice for juniors entering a brutal entry-level market

• Emerging trends: RLHF, frontier LLM certifications, and what's next

Whether you're actively job hunting, thinking about your next move, or just want to know where the market is headed, this one's for you.