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AnnaLee Saxenian: Look beyond computer science to build your data science team
By AnnaLee Saxenian
You know that you need to harness your data to stay competitive, but where will you find these data scientists? Before rushing to hire an army of computer science candidates with doctorates, understand what successful data science teams do.
Data scientists write code that applies complex algorithms to analyze and transform data into actionable insights, and help IT departments determine optimal structure for data storage. But transformation and storage are only pieces of the larger data life cycle....