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> but that executive may then go on to help champion data science and develop a data-driven culture That's not an end in itself, though, is it?

• SQueeeeeL 5y ago
  Yeah, financial consulting firms basically played this game for a long time; but they know the game, always give a report that satisfies the person who brought you in. Luckily most "data scientists" also learn pretty quick who butters their bread and 'correct' their results accordingly. Those who aren't 'team players' tend to not get brought into meetings with the higher ups, and eventually move onto real jobs.
  • slt2021 5y ago
    this doesn't sound like science, or data science. sounds more like consluting services
    • SQueeeeeL 5y ago
      Did you read the article? This was essentially it's point about most corporate DS operations. Science is boring and takes a long time, but building a regression model on an excel sheet is easy and doesn't burn too many brain cells