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I think that's an editorial embellishment. I don't think Google hires "data scientists" per se.

• nostrademons 12y ago
  Yeah, 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 ago
      Well, 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.