Ask HN: Am I too late for the “Data Science” wave?

Re:Ask HN: Am I too late for the “Data Science” wave? by d0mine on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:36PM (#25102963)

There is a book "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" which claims there are domain-specific problems that are more likely to be solved by people originally outside that domain.

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Re:Ask HN: Am I too late for the “Data Science” wave? by ghaff on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:27PM (#25104495)

I don't doubt there are examples where a fresh set of eyes and lack of knowledge about what can and can't be done can break out from "the way we've always done things." But it's probably not the way to bet in the general case.

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Re:Ask HN: Am I too late for the “Data Science” wave? by d0mine on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:33PM (#25114454)

The book claims that "generalist" are the rule at least if we look at the very top of certain fields e.g., Nobel laureates.

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