We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers

Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by vbtemp on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:51AM (#25777777)

You and me both, friend. Except I normally get down-voted to oblivion for saying the opposite.

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by adamisom on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:53AM (#25777810)

I guess depends on what valuable means. I imagine most comp scientists are less replaceable than most software engineers, so point for compsci.

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by johnqpub on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:31AM (#25778335)

The two are complimentary. Engineers can't do anything without the fundamental insights scientists provide. But scientists don't have the practical experience of writing end products that real users use.

Obviously this is a huge generalization but I think it's a useful way to think about it. And when I say scientist, I mean "Professor of CS" not "24 year old with a BS in CS".

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by collyw on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:30AM (#25778326)

Depends if you have a computer scientist doing a software engineers job

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