[yachtman]

It is similar to an article I read a while back saying we need "data engineers" not "data scientists". I think its generally true. Why my company, while it can do data science consulting, is choosing to focus on data engineering consulting first.

[finnthehuman]

I've always been annoyed by the title "data scientist" because I don't consider their methods worthy of the name science. It seems like the winds are turning and more people are questioning data "science."

But talking about changing the branding to deliver the product that was advertised all along feels like putting the cart before the horse. Sure, maybe it will work. Or maybe in a few years we'll be talking about how we need more "data sleuths" to replace all those haphazard "data engineers" that just didn't have a job title that emphasized solving the problems rigorously enough.