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

Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by jimbokun on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:43PM (#25780351)

I think generally, Computer Science is a degree and Software Engineer is a job description. So many people get Computer Science degrees, then have a career as a Software Engineer.

Yes, there are Software Engineering degrees. But I think a minority of Software Engineers have a Software Engineering degree.

What this means in practice, is that Computer Science majors need to learn the engineering skills on the job or on their own after they graduate. Although some programs help students pick up some of those skills as part of the degree program.

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by analog31 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:13PM (#25784322)

Indeed, I think it's possible that the majority of people with degrees, have jobs that are not identical to their college major.

Certainly, most of us with unemployable majors. ;-)

Another phenomenon is employers applying the "engineer" title to any technical worker, such as designers, programmers, technicians, and so forth.

Part of it is that businesses evolve towards having caste systems. When this happens, then folks in the lower castes will try to rearrange their job titles to resemble the upper castes, or change jobs.

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by Fellshard on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:57PM (#25781608)

Anecdotal: University of Washington considers (considered?) them two separate degrees, holding CS as more theory and research-driven, and CE as more practice and career-driven.

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