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The classic venn diagram of data science is still helpful: http://drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26/the-data-science-venn-diagram http://drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26

The classic venn diagram of data science is still helpful: http://drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26/the-data-science-venn-diagram http://drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26/the-data-science-venn-di... This article reads like a way to find yourself in the danger zone.

ForHackernews 11y ago
What if you just want to get paid well to play with interesting tools?
jwuphysics 11y ago
I've never seen this venn diagram before--thanks for bringing it up. I find that, as an academic (pursuing a Ph.D. in astrophysics) that plenty of traditional researchers are able to hack together code (many haven't ever taken a formal programming course; http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03989 http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03989) but many also misuse or can't interpret statistics (from personal experience). That puts us in the danger zone! I think the key is to find the mathematics and statistics interesting because you want the [data] science to be meaningful. If that's a driving force, then you can learn math and statistics on your own (like the author did). Otherwise, yes--you will find yourself in the danger zone.