Re:Tips for Hiring a Data Scientist into a Tech Company
by mygo on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:10PM
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You could say the same about recommending someone getting a computer science degree. You may be setting yourself up for disappointment if you’re only in it for the job you can get afterwards, since the work that you’d be doing in the job would at least somewhat depend on the work that needs to be done.
Most companies vary wildly in expectation for these roles. You might be asked to spend most of time data engineering (like making ETL pipelines in one), or build a bunch of basic ML models , or spend all your time doing SQL queries and building dashboards in another.
It’s silly and would never recommend anyone pursue that path as a lifelong career. Learn to code if you don’t know already, and just go into a software role that is data or ML focused.