## Metadata - Author: [[Joe Reis]] - Full Title:: The Great Data Interregnum - Morbid Symptoms of an Industry Between Eras - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://joereis.substack.com/p/the-great-data-interregnum-morbid - Read date:: [[2026-11-01]] ## Highlights > The answer isn’t necessarily to become a product manager, business analyst, or “professional meeting attendee”. You need to become a more *complete engineer*, which is someone who understands systems, data, meaning, failure modes, and business objectives. In the past, that person was rare. Now, it’s becoming table stakes. Be someone who can move between implementation and abstraction, between technical details and organizational reality. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m6c27j6jhm6s29pcesgdpcb8)) > understanding and representing the business becomes more important when machines can produce implementations at extraordinary speed. This is all we have right now ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m6c29f4enpnc8zacqncmt8en)) > AI doesn’t magically eliminate ambiguity. It can industrialize ambiguity at machine speed, which is dangerous. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01m6c29m894280q2sba7j3fqqy))