As a data scientist I spend more time writing software and building things than I spend doing statistical analysis (and I like it that way). That's why I consid

As a data scientist I spend more time writing software and building things than I spend doing statistical analysis (and I like it that way). That's why I consider it part of software development. Don't be tripped up by the word "scientist" in the job title (I wrote another comment about this in this thread). Also, it's a very broad field and it varies a lot from company to company - if you've had some interactions with data scientists, don't assume that what they do applies across the industry. I'm basing what I'm writing on having worked at/with companies of different sizes and in different industries.