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They say data scientist salaries are the highest but I’ve also found the most noise in data science applicants. I have found a lot of candidates who can do some
by fipple 8y ago
They say data scientist salaries are the highest but I’ve also found the most noise in data science applicants. I have found a lot of candidates who can do something absolutely amazing with Tensorflow. I have found zero, and thus hired none, who can answer my real question: “I collect every conceivable bit of data on my customers and their actions. I lose 6% every month, using this data tell me why and what might fix it.”
- tom_b 8y agoThat sounds quite depressing. Would you be willing to share your problem description as given to candidates here? I will say that I have several friends who work in various industries addressing your real question and none of them would be particularly identified as a "data scientist."
- paxy 8y ago> I have found zero, and thus hired none, who can answer my real question That's because it isn't the job of a data scientist to answer that question. Their task is getting you the numbers. You need an "MBA type" to figure out what to do with it (analyst, business development/strategy, product manager etc.)
- dominotw 8y agoWhat's the answer
- xkcd-sucks 8y ago"I asked 100 users and 65 of them quit because of all the telemetry"
- L_Rahman 8y agoThat's because it's the product manager's job to tell the data scientist what kind of customer behavior they want pulled out of the data.