Data science is not a PhD level job. PhDs may be well suited for it, certainly, but 80% of data science can be done by peoplenwth bachelor's degree in stats / m

Data science is not a PhD level job. PhDs may be well suited for it, certainly, but 80% of data science can be done by peoplenwth bachelor's degree in stats / math-heavy science. There's always a domain specificity that sometimes comes from grad school, but data is data and industries are filled with SMEs who understand the domain. Source: I hire data scientists for Fortune 500 companies.