My two cents, over the last decade I’ve observed a hype cycle where DS type roles become more prominent than software in organizations followed by a decline. B

My two cents, over the last decade I’ve observed a hype cycle where DS type roles become more prominent than software in organizations followed by a decline. Businesses pay for results, applying 1000 slightly different variations of the same techniques on the same dataset produces very little return. Businesses take note, don’t give raises etc and the DS team fades. Eventually someone tries the new hot thing like Deep Nets and sees a large gain in a core business metric with relatively little effort. As every team is going through the same hype cycle DS salaries spike.