The Harsh Reality of Being a Data Scientist

It was like I was listening to my own story. My dumb manager with a software engineering background never understood data and data science. And then he totally pivoted the team's purpose where I was left underutilized. However, I got a good role after all this happened, but the transition time was unimaginably killing and stressful.

You are very privileged to feel your mental health was getting effected because the company is hiring according to their needs.

"...of Being a Data Scientist" >>>>> "... of being a slave to a boss when i want to be a mother at home looking after children"

I am doing my engineering in Artificial intelligence and Data science is it good

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Is to become a data scientist need high iq?

i’m confused about going for data science can anyone help?

The way you talk and laugh in between tells me you're free spirited. You got my kind of energy and i know you'd always be fun to be with. That aside, thanks for sharing this experiences as a lot are also trying to get a way around it.

Interesting. Never heard of an applied scientist before. Great content. Thanks

Really, it's pathetic to invest more time and money in Data Scientist as a career.
Many thanks.

Thanks

Can AI really impact on data scientist?

I feel so stupid watching this :/

I hear ya. I saw a lot of job posting recently with title Software Engineer but job description is more on the data analyst side. I recently applied and interviewed for a Software Engineer position and turned out during the interview, the hiring manager told me he wasn't sure why programming languages are in the description, but his team only deal with SQL and data like 90%.

"I'm just cleaning data" this feeling is so true as a student. But they pay you well just to clean data lol.

Data Science will desapear with GPT-4

The reason why company’s don’t understand what a Data scientist is because it was a up job title by Facebooks lead software manger back in 2004. They wanted to hire a really smart mathematician to understand there data but he wouldn’t take the job because he didn’t like his Job title. So they told him he could pick his own job title.

I watched a video on data science salaries and it brought up that product managers that work in data are making higher salaries that software engineers and those who have more of an analyst role. So that could be the reason why some data scientists are transitioning to product management.

A lot of data scientists transition to product manager because they have strong technical skills by virtue of becoming a data scientists, but they prefer the less technical role of management where they still get to utilize that technical background without having to actually write code.

i need to start my first job havent gotten a pay check for 30 years. gonna try all fields so see what im best at

I'm curious to know actually what a data scientist is. I'm a data analyst and my manager wants to hire a data scientist to automatize some of our data entry. It's a program that he doesn't understand so he wants to hire someone to run it. The weird thing about it is, we're a small dept within the city and only really work with data that pertains to us so I really don't see the point. I feel like half of our workload would be gone basically and everyone will be staring at walls.

Thanks for this info. Im currently having lessons on DA course. Nice to know your revelation. Got a new subscriber here.

After reading many of the comments, I've not heard anyone speak about the importance of working in a field that they love. When I grew up I first wanted to be an ornithologist, then a paleontologist, and then an astronomer. While I'm none of those now, except in an amateur role, I discovered that I really like the medical field. I did that by changing jobs frequently in my early years. The problems that I hear people complain about here are issues with corporate management. Many times there is nothing you can do about that. However, if you love what the company does in terms of a product or service, then that goes a very long way to mitigating the management issues.

Thank you very much for sharing your experiences! I have a PhD in Biomedical Engineering & I can honestly say that I've experienced many of the same experiences with interviewing & jobs just not understanding of defining your roles well. I was considering transitioning to Data Science but maybe I will look more into data analytics instead. I'm burnt out at this stage & just don't have it in me to take more chances.

21 whole dollars an hour. -_-
just searched a job for entry level.

I make more money doing Uber. I'm like WTF.

Your thumbnail looked sad asf 😢

Question: would it be better to enroll in a data analyst online course or should I just study on my own.

You need to edit this video laughing between serious talk seems inappropriate which cause me to skip video in between, don't consider this as harsh comment it just my opinion.

You don’t have good communication skills. As an employer, I get sick of seeing this in resumes.

Could data science be interrupted by the constant growth of gpt's

Many companies want data science but actually need proper master data management, proper analytics reporting, and educating other internal stakeholders on how to utilized the insights being displayed

The hardest part is finding a job.

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I would hardly call these things harsh but whatever lol

i am working as a data scientist since last 2 years, and I agree with all 4 of your points!

Totally resonated with me. I even worked briefly as a Product Manager but am now looking back for data science roles instead. I'd also add that data science interviews are impossible to prepare for because the field is so large. Companies don't want to hire you if you don't already know x, y, z but this role is all about constantly learning. It annoys me to no end when an interviewer plays gotcha because you don't know about some obscure new thing.

In reality, no one person knows everything about the field, and a good manager knows this. So they hire a team that complements one another and provide a synergistic problem solving capability. We all come from different backgrounds with different strengths; let's leverage that!

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I have impostor syndrome all the time and it's getting worse with every promotion :).

Nice! I see you use the Momentum extension in chrome. I've used it for years. Such a good extension. Soo thank you for this video. You gave some good potential warnings. I am completing the Google Data Analytics cert and think it might help me in my current job. I planned on taking a Data Science cert after but I'm not sure. It depends on how things go but perhaps I still will. I'm confident I'm capable, even after listening to your points. But I think I have a better expectation now. Thank you :)

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as soon as they get the data science degree they run out of the job

or necessary from my patients