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> a couple lines of code using SciKit Learn and all the default parameters is enough Except for when it's not - those are the cases you're hired for.
by rcpt 10y ago
> a couple lines of code using SciKit Learn and all the default parameters is enough
Except for when it's not - those are the cases you're hired for.
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- apohn 10y agoThere are also no shortage of "Data Science" projects that are basically just showing off (e.g. somebody in a large org trying to get recognition for being advanced) or using an algorithm to justify a decision that somebody had already decided to make. In this case, it's okay to solve the problems with a few lines of code and a nice presentation. But if you have an important data driven decision that is going to cost you a lot of resources (money, people, time, etc), you want the analyst to be able to speak to what the data and/or model is telling you and why. When you have this type of problem and it's "solved" by a few lines of SciKit Learn, you should be prepared to have a really bad day at some point in the future. This is the type of Data Scientist that draws the ire of people who do analysis with more depth.
- DrNuke 10y agoLet's be blunt: firms needing real data science know where to go and find real data scientists. Anything less real, on both sides, is matter of opinion and here it comes free market.