What's Next for Expert Data Scientists?

Part of the reason I'm writing this is to document my adventure and recent challenges. I'm a Senior Data Scientist and I have worked on a full range of DS/ML solutions from Causal Inference to traditional ML to Deep Learning. I've been so obsessed and heads down in my craft that I spent a large part of my journey so far mastering Data Science itself (stats, linear algebra, Python, etc.). The application of these tools was always a bit secondary to me since I was laser-focused on becoming truly an expert in the tools themselves. After a lot of long days and countless hours, I find myself performing my craft with a high degree of confidence, just as I aspired.