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Random side question, in case anyone here knows: Since when has "lead data scientist" at Google been a real (or maybe just important?) thing? I certainly did n
by chris_va 12y ago
Random side question, in case anyone here knows:
Since when has "lead data scientist" at Google been a real (or maybe just important?) thing? I certainly did not interact with any in my time on Maps, but that was before the date mentioned on his cv.
- yid 12y agoI think that's an editorial embellishment. I don't think Google hires "data scientists" per se.
- nostrademons 12y agoYeah, I don't know anyone with the title "data scientist" at Google, even though basically every search quality backend engineer I know does work that is actually data science. My manager once said he had a good anti-Hearst pattern for Google executives: "Google executive". In other words, if the press reports that someone is a Google executive, it's a pretty likely bet that she's not. Actual executives at Google have the title "software engineer", as do data scientists.
- yid 12y ago> Actual executives at Google have the title "software engineer", as do data scientists. Not entirely accurate. There are also VPs and engineering directors who could be considered executives, who are not titled software engineers. And don't forget the business, HR and legal orgs where executives certainly don't have to be software engineers.
- nostrademons 12y agoWell, true. It doesn't apply to all executives, and obviously not to non-eng departments. There have been execs with over 1000 people reporting to them that are still on the engineering ladder, though.