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by lessthunk 3984 days ago
Data science is a stupid buzzword. The ideal candidate knows enough about IT to massage data, the more the knows about the domain to investigate the better, and for sure some statistics. Most of all always do sanity checks .. does it make sense? Can it be? Is the data correct?

It is an art. Like writing awesome code, etc. practice, practice, and working with experienced people is key.

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At least it's not something engineer like every other job in the tech field.