Five Practices to Improve the Value of Data Science

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Data professionals in
different job roles have
different skill sets (see
Figure 1). Not
surprisingly, data
professionals who
identified as Developers
reported the highest levels
of proficiency in
Technology and
Programming skills
compared to their
counterparts.
Additionally, Researchers
reported the highest levels
of proficiency in Statistics
and Math while data
professionals who
identified as Business
Management reported the
highest levels of
proficiency in Business.
Finally, data professionals who Figure 2. From: Data science skills and the improbable unicorn
identified as Creative reported
moderate ratings across all skill sets, suggesting they are indeed jack-of-all-trades.
Finding a data scientist who is proficient in all data science skill areas is extremely
difficult (see Figure 2). Data professionals rarely possess proficiency in all five skill areas
at the level needed to be successful at work. In fact, the chance of finding a data
professional with expert skills in all five data science skills is akin to finding a unicorn;
they simply don't exist.
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