CHAPTER 4

Hiring/Managing Data Scientists and Building a Data-Centric Culture

To be able to hire a good data scientist, you first need to understand what to look for. You need to know not only the traits of a good data scientist but also what skills they should have. Furthermore, to manage data scientists effectively, you need to understand what drives them. That’s exactly what we’ll be looking at in this chapter.

Understanding How a Data Scientist’s Mind Works

A good data scientist needs to have quite a few skills, but some are more important than others. Data scientists need to have math and statistics knowledge, hacking skills, and substantive expertise. If even one of these is missing, then, while the person might be incredibly smart, they ...

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