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I've found exactly the same experience. Data science is mostly cleaning data in the first place, and the 10% that isn't, it's just fiddling knobs (hyperparamete
by cercatrova 6y ago
I've found exactly the same experience. Data science is mostly cleaning data in the first place, and the 10% that isn't, it's just fiddling knobs (hyperparameter optimization) to get the model to work.
But man, I can't argue the incredible results it creates. Perhaps that's why people do it, for the ends not the means.
- octodog 6y agoI work in a data science team and I think that motivates a lot of my colleagues. Delivering a product and looking at the massive impact it has on the business is very satisfying.
- karmakaze 6y agoThat's the difference between research and application. Someone had to first come up with better ways of formulating/training models.