It's true that data science is on the rise. I know in my area, the amount of jobs have dramatically increased. Likewise, similar roles that entail what DBA's do have also increased either in the traditional DBA title or the new spin-off and more developer focused role -- the data engineer. In that, I feel there is a positive relationship between both where if data science continues to rise, so will our jobs in helping support them. The question comes up, at what point does one or the other absorb the other where one is not needed anymore if that should happen ever? My opinion is likely never as they generally follow two different passions in their roles that one or the other does not like to do.