The Hiring Gambit: In Search of the Twofer Data Scientist

Abstract

``The Data Science revolution—that sweet promise of groundbreaking truths revealed from massive information—is an elusive one. As I keep looking for Big Data, people keep telling me that they are everywhere around us. This does not help my self-esteem. And when I finally start to get the big picture, I realize that I am already out of it. Statisticians out, data scientists in. I understand that my skills are good, but also that part of my training is holding me back. I know statistics, but somehow I have too much theory in me and not enough ’just do it.’ All of a sudden, I am a Franken-data scientist.”