One of the best data scientists I know doesn't have anything near a PhD. Just a plain old Undergrad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3dw09N5_Aw http://www.yout

One of the best data scientists I know doesn't have anything near a PhD. Just a plain old Undergrad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3dw09N5_Aw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3dw09N5_Aw I think there are too many ways to miss the mark when it comes to hiring data scientists. Looking for PhDs only is just as dumb as looking for people with 10 years of experience with Hadoop. There are some important things that they need to know, sure, but where they come from is next to meaningless.