It wasn't hype, however people got very confused about what they actually needed vs what they thought they wanted. When someone says they want a "Data Scientis

It wasn't hype, however people got very confused about what they actually needed vs what they thought they wanted. When someone says they want a "Data Scientist" what they really mean is "I want a Data Scientist who is also a Data Engineer". I have seen so many companies spend a really decent chunk of money on a data scientist and then are shocked to find that this data scientist doesn't know how to deploy models, set up spark clusters or know how many and what type of GPU they need to use to get the job done. After all - that is not their purpose. We were in a similar situation, but what we needed was a Data Engineer - we had a rough idea of where we wanted to go and what we wanted to achieve, he was doing a Masters in Data Science so he had that background as context. We will look at adding a Data Scientist to our ranks in the future - but they will be working side by side with a Data Engineer who can action their requirements!