Harvard Business Review named the data scientist the sexiest job of the 21st century. This job requires significant computing and statistical skills.
With the rise of analytics and artificial intelligence, these skills are needed, but even more critical are individuals that have excellent business acumen.
These individuals can fill the role of translator. Not in the traditional language sense, but translate business requirements for the technical individuals.
” translators play a critical role in bridging the technical expertise of data engineers and data scientists with the operational expertise of marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, risk, and other frontline managers. In their role, translators help ensure that the deep insights generated through sophisticated analytics translate into impact at scale in an organization. “
For more on these roles, see the article at: https://hbr.org/2018/02/you-dont-have-to-be-a-data-scientist-to-fill-this-must-have-analytics-role?
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