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Re:Ask HN: As a data scientist, what should be in my toolkit... by dermybaby on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:53PM (#16422283)
So basic DBA skills + expert programming skills + very good math/stats?

Also - your model of asking questions before starting a new gig is very relevant to nearly every programming job. Could also be some of the questions a candidate asks in an interview.

Have you ever needed any Microsoft skills(MSSQL/C#) so far?

Re:Ask HN: As a data scientist, what should be in my toolkit... by nrjames on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:17PM (#16426808)
Yep, I’ve used MS SQL products and I write C# sometimes and read and write code to parse it very often because it is the primary language of the products I support.