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meh... for me number 1 should be: do they understand domain knowledge beats fancy analytics hands down most of the times or do they spend their time optimizing
by kfk 10y ago
meh... for me number 1 should be: do they understand domain knowledge beats fancy analytics hands down most of the times or do they spend their time optimizing things nobody cares about?
- peatmoss 10y agoI enthusiastically agree with this point, however, I think the test was more about "is the company doing right by data scientists?" than "these are skills competent data scientists should have."
- dagw 10y agoDear god yes. If everybody on your team just has a generic math/CS background and no one has a deep understanding of the domain you are working in, then you'll end up wasting so much time you might as well give up and go home.