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Hi guyz i recently accepted offer as data analyst python, System Engineer C1, TCS can anyone help me with roles and responsibilities plzz, i need to little groom my self on that part,
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The MS is a pre-req for most DS roles. I had my company help pay for mine and then exited as soon as the payback period ended. I love DS but also think about the ceiling. You have to be in Tech or a tech-driven company to climb all the way up. I assume at some point I’ll have to shift more towards the business, but in my current company, DS can take you most if the way up if you have the other pieces too.
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I also think the ceiling in data science is kind of low as a support function in most orgs. And I’m not going to be running some google DS program.
I could pivot to a more customer facing role where I likely have a good edge given my background and all the client development I’ve done. I just want out of pure consulting.
If you were me what might you do?
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I'd try for product management. You're right that DS get pigeonholed, and if you like talking to people more anyway, PM's a good place to be. You can still do technical analyses in that role if you can find the data. It doesn't have any hard degree requirements either.
Do you enjoy your data science roll? If yes, get a company to pay for the Masters, if not, pivot. I left data science and am loving it, but I do also miss the really challenging models NOT in Excel.
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I do like data science. I haven’t touched excel beyond prepping some graphs/data for stakeholders in ~10yrs. Plus I don’t actually do much data science these days. Mostly manage people.
You sound like a candidate for the CAP certification
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If you want to continue technically or in this domain, a Masters would help. Not that you don’t already have the skill, but in reality, this world still plays the game and cares about degrees. You can still succeed without one, but why make life harder when you already have the skills?
If you want to do something else or be more on a management path, I’d consider an MBA.
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Already have an MBA. I’m in an MS right now, but honestly thinking that if the choice spend the time on a MS or spend that time working on a startup I’m better served working on the startup (non-DS related). I’m admittedly all over the map with this.
I suspect you are probably right but I think there are paths that could work in your favor. I’ve also been in Data Science / Analytics for 10+ years and currently lead the Analytics team for one of the largest retailers in the world.
All I have is a BS in CS & BA
I’m beginning to see the path / transition into larger leadership roles - COO, leading Transformation or internal shared services. At that point, less of a technical focus becomes a strength.
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I’ve been thinking about redefining as strategy with a deep analytical toolkit. It isn’t a stretch as I primarily work on strategy engagements and used to work in corp strategy. I think that keeps me differentiated enough without putting a ceiling on my career growth.
I do think that unless you are at a Google type company your career will start to cap out without being in the business side. In talking with the research group at Amazon 1/2 the time “the business” was among them to run a linear regression.
This is me (though I have a STEM background and still write code coz I want to, not coz I need to). I have been pondering over the same coz I don’t see myself in a Google or Amazon research group and am definitely better at business than at DS (my core strategy skills). What I do enjoy in my role currently (which I carved for myself without anyone asking) is the product strategy part. So I imagine product strategy and management or even strategy in a tech startup would be interesting. And if it’s a DS based start up, even better. There’s also another path am considering - scale up my side gig to feed my business brain and do an analyst role to use my tech brain. Would be two income streams which could be interesting as well..