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For every 'real' data science job which requires deep knowledge of statistics and machine learning, there are 50 DBA positions where they want you to know some
by danmg 8y ago
For every 'real' data science job which requires deep knowledge of statistics and machine learning, there are 50 DBA positions where they want you to know some python.
- CalRobert 8y agoI was hired as a "technical game data scientist" and all I do is fix stuff with python, celery, redis, and if I'm lucky Redshift. To be fair, they know this isn't really "data science" but it's always what needs to happen in the next sprint so anything interesting is shoved out. I think a lot of companies are hiring "data engineers" but don't know it. The guy who started making Superset (https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset) wrote this and I think it's apt. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-rise-of-the-data-engineer-91be18f1e603 https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-rise-of-the-data-enginee...
- ataturk 8y agoI'd be okay with that. I spent a few months in 2016 re-learning statistics and getting a handle on ML and other topics. I have a PhD in a related field. It was a no-brainer for me. NOT ONE JOB locally. None. Gave up the search in abject failure and went back to Java land.
- pleasecalllater 8y agoAnd for every company which wants to have a DBA there are thousands which just don't care, or claim having a DBA is just too expensive as the programmers are enough. The results are quite terrible then... but almost nobody cares. Just my small remark after long time of looking for a job as a postgres DBA :).