Data Scientists at Work

Introduction

Data is the new oil!

—Clive Humby, dunnhumby¹

By 2018, the United States will experience a shortage of 190,000 skilled data scientists, and 1.5 million managers and analysts capable of reaping actionable insights from the big data deluge.

—McKinsey Report ²

The emergence of data science is gathering ever more attention, and it’s no secret that the term data science itself is loaded with controversy about what it means and whether it’s actually a field. In Data Scientists at Work, I interview sixteen data scientists across sixteen different industries to understand both how they think about it theoretically and also very practically what problems they’re solving, how data’s helping, and what it takes to be successful.

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