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Why is data scientist a profession in IT but not for example computer scientist? Many IT professionals studied computer science but they don't call themselves
by mongol 6y ago
Why is data scientist a profession in IT but not for example computer scientist? Many IT professionals studied computer science but they don't call themselves scientists in their line of work.
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoDon't give developer ideas. People with a javascript bootcamp and 2 years experience are already called "senior engineer".
- collyw 6y agoWe have a PhD computer scientist working as as software engineer. Reinvents the wheel constantly. Over engineers everything. Clever algorithms but poor abstractions. Needs to have the "best" (from a CS perspective) solution to everything rather than the most maintainable or pragmatic solution. He is smart, but doesn't write code that is easy for the next developer to pick up.
- zzbzq 6y agoBasically this manager guy had like a dozen job titles under him, such as Business Analyst, Data Analyst, ML Engineer, and sundry more. Then his HR team came to him and told him to just boil it down to 1. So he made up this title "Data Scientist" because it sounded badass, and then everyone from both the business analytics side and the software engineering side decided this sounds awesome and they want it to be the next step of their career. Then the federal government came up with this title something like "Secretary of Data Scientist" and the guy who made up the term worked at that.
- globular-toast 6y ago"Computer science" is a well-known misnomer as it is not about computers nor is it science. It's generally reserved for the academic study of computing. Data science is much closer to science.