[scottlocklin]

> I attended a 12-week data science bootcamp in mid-2016. ...

Yeah, well there's your problem, my dude. I've been doing what might be described as "data science" since I quit physics in 2004. Aka before the term existed. It's a great area to work in for intelligent people who want to use their brains to impact the real world; vastly better than what people get paid to do in physics. If customers don't know what the tools can do, it's because you as the data scientist have failed to explain it to the customer. If your work product isn't in front of the decision makers, you've also failed: they can tell the bottom line impact and will reward you accordingly. Sometimes there is no data in their data; they should know that up front.

As for whining about poor data quality: n00b. What do you think they're paying you for? Nobody gives a shit what people do in Kaggle competitions.

[chosenbreed37]

I don't think the op would care much for your delivery but you make some great points.

> If your work product isn't in front of the decision makers, you've also failed: they can tell the bottom line impact and will reward you accordingly.

This one in particular stood out. There is an aspect of salesmanship (or navigating corporate hierarchies) to the role. Things will not be obvious to the decision makers. Perhaps the data scientist has to take some responsibility in bringing their work to the fore.