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The headline calls her a data scientist because that was her job title. You can have an opinion about the term but there are many people who have that job title
by superbcarrot 6y ago
The headline calls her a data scientist because that was her job title. You can have an opinion about the term but there are many people who have that job title, or that term in their degree, or generally work in that subfield of our industry so it's hardly NPR's fault for using the term too.
- landemva 6y agoPublic schools had a recent outbreak of title inflation, and now they have a page of people with titles like "Chief Learning Officer" and "Chief Legal Officer". They aren't on board of directors of a corporation with legal fiduciary responsibility and aren't carrying a sidearm in the military. They might be a chief, but the pretend Officer part is elementary school make-believe. TSA scanner employees aren't officers either. They can't even arrest people, and that is why there is typically a bored cop sitting around nearby. The Florida arrestee was a UI web developer. Scientist ha ha ha.