Thanks. Is SQL really that important? I mean, I know it's ubiquitous, but I always thought it was one of those things that was almost taken for granted as a necessary skill, just one skill in a Data Scientist's skillset. Can people really make a career off of SQL alone?
That's what I'm currently doing :)
Depends on the company though - some companies require more technical skills. Where I work DS doesn't work on ML or things like that, so python/R/etc. can be useful but not necessarily required.
Really? I was under the impression jobs that are mainly SQL were more data analyst type roles that paid $70-90k/year typically. How much are these people you mentioned making? My goal is to be up around $150k/year 5 years from now, though I wouldn't exactly feel like a failure if it ended up being a bit less than that.
Isn't it innate human behavior to try to find a connection with someone else?
It's not that everyone is dumb, it's just that people are searching for common ground.
In other words, lighten up!
It's not that they were trying to make a connection. It's that they were offering to help me and suggesting that because they did well in a statistics class that means they already know everything I'm learning in graduate school. It's annoying and absurd because these people are typically non-math/stats majors who haven't taken any math above Calc 1, yet a year of stats and Calc 3 are pre-reqs to even get into my graduate program, and basically everything I'm doing is stuff they've never even heard of, let alone have mastery over.
I think you’re over-estimating your mathematical prowess in the grand scheme of things, you have no idea what someone’s background is. I’m a random person on a message board and a question on one of my (closed book) final exams was to prove the strong law of large numbers. I’ve taken a couple courses in number theory, several in abstract algebra, combinatorics, a plethora of stats and probability courses, numerical analysis, functional analysis, graph theory, differential equations, three semesters of PhD econometrics, and probably some you’ve never heard of. I’m not even a mathematician or statistician, I’ve just worked normal finance/business jobs where occasionally a good understanding of statistical analysis can be useful but most of the time I’m working on totally unrelated stuff.
Depends on the company though - some companies require more technical skills. Where I work DS doesn't work on ML or things like that, so python/R/etc. can be useful but not necessarily required.
Really? I was under the impression jobs that are mainly SQL were more data analyst type roles that paid $70-90k/year typically. How much are these people you mentioned making? My goal is to be up around $150k/year 5 years from now, though I wouldn't exactly feel like a failure if it ended up being a bit less than that.
If you’re in a role where it’s not strategic and you’re just running code all day that may be the case. The people I’m referring to are in more product-oriented roles and make more than $150K though.
If you want to know specifics (companies, more specific comp, etc.) feel free to drop an email or another way for me to reach out
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