Yup. That is exactly it. You cannot believe the number of programmer I've met who thinks that ''data science is easy'' because ''I can code a neural net too''.

Yup. That is exactly it. You cannot believe the number of programmer I've met who thinks that ''data science is easy'' because ''I can code a neural net too''. Data analysis is a soft skill that you usually learn by getting your hands dirty in a graduate or professional environment. Its not something you can put on a CV like like ''X years of experience with Y programming language''.