Telling data engineers to learn sql because it's what's used in BoringCorp is a bit like telling front end developers in 2003 to learn VB because it's what most user interfaces are written in.
Data engineering which pays well happens exactly where databases fail and you need bespoke solutions.
Sure, the language that has underpinned data work for the last few decades and has relevance regardless of what shiny framework you put on top of it is just like VB twenty years ago. Good comparison.
Data engineering which pays well happens exactly where databases fail and you need bespoke solutions.