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The career path of the data scientist

The career path of the data scientist

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The career path of the data scientist

- Turnover is disappointingly high in data science. And I think there are two major contributions to this. Data scientists are hired excited to build models and do data science. And far too many do neither month after month. They are put on dashboarding projects or ad hoc queries of data. They become a kind of help desk for anyone with analytical questions. Many are ambitious so they conceal their frustrations. But a year later they're gone. There is simply no reason for this. It is a matter of routing the right projects to the right resources. Here's the uncomfortable truth that they won't say so I'll say it on their behalf. If they are in data science and they are any good at what they do, they are going to perceive themselves as having options. It's not terribly hard to keep them happy. Challenge them and give them work that they will be excited to undertake and proud to accomplish. There is nothing wrong with BI or…

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