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90% of data scientists do not use neural networks. Of those who do, 90% shouldn't be, and are letting what's fun/interesting get in the way of actually producin

by gipp 9y ago

90% of data scientists do not use neural networks. Of those who do, 90% shouldn't be, and are letting what's fun/interesting get in the way of actually producing value. The fact of the matter is that if you're not FB/GOOG/AMAZ, the vast majority of what companies need from their data scientists actually requires very little advanced mathematics, and much more focus on rigor, reproducibility, and good deployment/engineering practices.

kolbe 9y ago
The job you're describing may have the title of Data Scientist, but it isn't data science if it doesn't involve advanced methods.
- gipp 9y ago
  That's a semantic battle you've lost already.
  - kolbe 9y ago
    My point is that this 'data scientist' may be called one at fartapp.io, but not at Google/Microsoft/DARPA/MIT.
nerdponx 9y ago
Agreed. But you could add "domain expertise" and "basic statistics" to that list as well.