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What Data Scientists Really Do, According to 35 Data Scientists

Harvard Business Review

While there is no well-defined career path for data scientists, and little support for junior data scientists, we are starting to see some forms of specialization. You may gather that the profession offers its practitioners a great deal of uncertainty. Specialization is becoming more important.

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What Great Data Analysts Do — and Why Every Organization Needs Them

Harvard Business Review

If your primary skill is analytics (or data-mining or business intelligence), chances are that your self-confidence has taken a beating as machine learning and statistics have become prized within companies, the job market, and the media. Engineering excellence is a must. What about analysts? Analytics as a second-class citizen.