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I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion

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Re: I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion

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The misnomer. Title of post says “data scientist” but then says “sr data analyst” in the first paragraph.

"Scientist". "Architect". "Engineer". Even "Developer".

Bah!

All borrowed titles that try to make what we do sound more important to those who really do those things.

Coder. Programmer. You're either encoding logic or data into something a computer program can use. Even if all you do is draw fancy diagrams.

Off-topic whining. Downvote to oblivion.

Re: I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion

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post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Without significant advances in STEM the last 200 years would be pretty much identical to the 200 years before them, and another 200 before them, etc.

Black people and women in the US got the right to vote just in the past century. What about that says STEM to you?

Surprisingly, STEM helped the North win the Civil War [0].

One of the big differences at the time was the use of "repeaters" by the North. Having a gun that can shoot again quickly when the other side cannot is a huge advantage.

With the North winning the Civil War, they put both Reconstruction and the 15th Amendment in place, causing Blacks to have the right to vote (of course many people tried to thwart that law for almost a century).

[0] - https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/civil-war-...

Re: I'm a Data Scientist and It's Not My Passion

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post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

History is very complicated thing. But the quick spread of the trend would not be possible without communications and expanding transocean travel to name the least. Same applies to coordinated protest activities.

There are ripple effects with everything, and yes technology always provides disruption, but it would be absurd to say that technology accomplished these things.

I don't have enough information to either confirm, or deny that statement. Why do you think it is absurd?
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