Re:From PhD to Data Scientist: Tips for Making the Transition
by fiatmoney on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @06:23PM
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"Data scientist" is a terribly broad term that's begun to encompass a lot of jobs that used to be called "junior analyst" or somesuch.
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Re:From PhD to Data Scientist: Tips for Making the Transition
by Petefine on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @06:48PM
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There certainly is an overlap. But for me, the difference between a Data Scientist and an Analyst is that the Data Scientist uses the data to build stuff (eg a recommendation engine, or a forecasting system). They can also use more technical skills to aid analysis (nlp, scripting, etc).