I've had a surprising experience with hiring data scientists in the last year. I have hired two (one full-time and one part-time) and am in the process of hirin

I've had a surprising experience with hiring data scientists in the last year. I have hired two (one full-time and one part-time) and am in the process of hiring a third. During this time I have also been looking for a SugarCRM or SuiteCRM developer. I have been flooded with candidates for the data science position. There seems to be a glut of well qualified [1] data scientist applicants. I have turned down many candidates who I think would also have done well in the position. The CRM developer position has been extremely difficult to fill. This has had the effect of bringing the salary of those two positions in our company to near equivalence. My initial expectations for the salaries were that the data scientist would be paid substantially more than the CRM developer. I know that Sugar/SuiteCRM aren't super popular but it also could be that I have been effected by all the attention that ML and AI have gotten over recent years. [1] well qualified for us has generally meant masters level or above with real work experience. maybe this definition is the source of the 'glut' of applicants?