[rm999]

This is a pretty fluffed up article that missed the wave of "data scientists are awesome" articles last year.

But I think it's important to not underestimate the shift that has been happening. The race to automate tasks has always been accelerating, but it hit an inflection point a few years ago when mainstream business people realized what current technology can achieve. Pretty much every industry I've seen has been or can be drastically transformed by better data management and predictive analytics.

It's going to affect all of us, so I think it's worth following closely.

[koenhavlik]

I agree. The article was meant to be a high-level introduction to the phenomenon for the Dutch audience. They missed that wave. I had know idea it was going to end up here:) Apparently a controversial title can still trigger lingering emotions:) Most people still don't seem to have a clue what is possible, though.

IMO something is accelerating/changing and we hit an inflection point. It does help to give it a denominator. It's human, not just marketing. I'm sure one time people thought compsci and software engineering were redundant or pretentious. I'm still ambivalent about the name data scientist.