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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by civilized on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:09PM (#25778981)
This is 100% my experience as a data scientist. The engineering support we get is restricted to submitting a ticket for database access or moving data from one system to another. Wouldn't dream of involving an engineer in a data science project team, because I have no evidence that they have any experience or expertise in anything other than tickets to move data around.
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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by Mauricebranagh on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:40PM (#25779393)
That's first line support not engineering
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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by killtimeatwork on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:17AM (#25791180)
>> moving data from one system to another > That's first line support not engineering

Assuming the OP meant "setting up a pipeline for moving data from one system to another" and not a one-time copy, it is definitely engineering.

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by civilized on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:14AM (#25791851)
Yeah, it's usually a pipeline
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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by mssundaram on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:44PM (#25784733)
Yeah, because moving data around (which is hardly the entire responsibility of data engineer) is not useful at all
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