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I used to have a job like this. I was a Data Scientist (who coded a lot) embedded in a team of Business Analysts. That job did not work out at all. I was not
by apohn 6y ago
I used to have a job like this. I was a Data Scientist (who coded a lot) embedded in a team of Business Analysts.
That job did not work out at all. I was not perceived as a wizard and my work was not appreciated at all. Nobody understood why requirement X was sufficient for a business analyst but not sufficient for me. When I did something smart with technology, people only saw the front end (usually a dashboard) and had zero recognition of of the work required to display that "simple" thing. Calculating a moving average or doing some very advanced thing was seen as equivalent.
As far as everybody was concerned, a "technical person" was somebody who did Excel Macros and VBA. That was their perception of me and my value. More than anything, I think people perceived me as a "special snowflake" who needed so much more (e.g. time) than other people to get work done.