Re:Data Science Teams Need Generalists, Not Specialists
by usgroup on Friday March 22, 2019 @07:44AM
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I think this is accurate. Few businesses have the slack required to hire a speculative research division to delight and surprise the business with new capabilities :)
More typically DS will optimise . I think engagement bandits, recommendation systems and such are all examples of optimising rather than driving new capability , and to agree with you, generalist vs specialist is a straw man in this instance.
After all someone at some point is going to make a business case for a DS team member and the vast majority of businesses don’t have the luxury of doing anything other than focusing on growth.
More typically DS will optimise . I think engagement bandits, recommendation systems and such are all examples of optimising rather than driving new capability , and to agree with you, generalist vs specialist is a straw man in this instance.
After all someone at some point is going to make a business case for a DS team member and the vast majority of businesses don’t have the luxury of doing anything other than focusing on growth.