[datasciguy]

I am currently a data scientist and depending on the position, it may be a good fit for you. I went into this field for similar reasons to you (I did not enjoy traditional SWE internships but liked coding and math). My current position is more of a generalist role where I spend equal time: - Building dashboards and doing simple analysis (mostly SQL) - Building data pipelines and other data services (mostly python) - Doing deep analyses and building data products (i.e. recommendation engines) using machine learning. I also spend more time interacting with various others in the company and get more involved in the business side of things than most traditional software engineers.