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Because it's frankly the same thing, you're just defining one name for the people who do it well, and one name for the people who don't. I work with extremely
by kevinalexbrown 15y ago
Because it's frankly the same thing, you're just defining one name for the people who do it well, and one name for the people who don't.
I work with extremely large data sets. Yay. I can call myself a Data Scientist to be in vogue and gain "competitive edge" with people who care about the name I call myself instead of what I'm capable of. I can emphasize that I didn't just "pick up" things randomly, but that I got an abstract mathematics degree. But I'd prefer to be known by what I can do, not my particular label.
"No, no I'm not a programmer, I'm an engineer, which gives me a competitive advantage!" -- Whatever, how well can you code?
- spaznode 15y agoI work with multi terabyte data sets myself as a software engineer, but after working with these people am not under the mistaken impression that I'm a data scientist of the kind described in the article. I wouldn't have known this about myself before working with and seeing what they do firsthand of course. That's kind of my main point.