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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by proverbialbunny on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:52PM (#25781519)
Data scientists do not pull that kind of bonus. Today many of them get paid less than the data engineers do.
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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by RobRivera on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:27PM (#25782015)
news to me, and welcome news to hear at that since I'm more in the data plumbing and packaging business, not algo publications.

my personal data points are from folks on buyside. trading margins have been downward trending for years

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Re:We don't need data scientists, we need data engineers by proverbialbunny on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:30PM (#25782053)
Quant research work isn't data science work which is probably where the mix up is.

On the quant side bonuses are distributed to the team.

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