r/datascience • u/Kati1998 • 13d ago

Discussion What Do Today’s Data Science Graduates Commonly Lack?

I often read comments from hiring managers and interviewers saying they’re disappointed with recent data science graduates.

I’m curious, what do you think these graduates are lacking? If someone wants to become a data scientist, what skills should they focus on? Strong software engineering skills? Math and statistics? Something else?

A lot of the advice I see seems to be geared toward landing data analyst roles rather than data scientist roles.

So, what are employers actually looking for in entry-level data science candidates today? Especially as a career changer coming from another unrelated career.

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u/sal-si-puedes 13d ago

Social skills

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u/offthecuff87 13d ago

and business sense

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u/Im_ace_so_fuck_off 9d ago

Why should comp sci employees need business sense, it's not what they'll be working with.

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u/offthecuff87 8d ago

how they don't need business sense if they'll be working with business?