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As a corollary, "Data Scientists" who can't program their way out of a paper bag (e.g.: write simple SQL, or a scraper in Python) is near useless, and a stress
by emmanuel_1234 7y ago
As a corollary, "Data Scientists" who can't program their way out of a paper bag (e.g.: write simple SQL, or a scraper in Python) is near useless, and a stress on their peer who can.
I'd much rather hire a good programmer with some statistical knowledge than the other way around.
- dawg- 7y agoEither way, you are gonna be paying someone to fill in gaps in their knowledge. Anyone with a laptop and an internet connection can learn to "program their way out of a paper bag" in a weekend.
- geebee 7y agoI kinda disagree, though I suppose it depends on the paper bag.
- omar_a1 7y agoI've seen so much bad math and misunderstood statistics hard coded into widely-implemented software that that's not ideal either. Ultimately, you need a team with a combination of strengths if your product requires multidisciplinary work. Otherwise you end up with hilariously wrong equations/assumptions in your code base. But, full disclosure, my background is math/science.