I'm going through a career shift right now from software engineering to data science. Shifting between roles requires a mental shift where the things I once smothered my life in I now need to push back on those around me and ask if that's the best use of my time. It's hard not falling into old patterns,

Right there with you. Having done consulting for the past few years I feel like I have to handle performing multiple roles to varying degrees of expertise on a constant basis. Perhaps this is targeted towards people who do the same job day-in and day-out ad nauseam?

Even with no context, there are (at least) two ways I can imagine responses to this post:

1) "What a prima donna! She shouldn't complain, she should be glad she has a paying job! Those who count in this world don't say 'it can't be done' or 'I don't want to do that', but instead get working on the solution."

2) "Good for her for standing up and deciding to make a change and doing what she enjoys, and not letting others pigeonhole her."