Why Data Engineering Has Overtaken Data Science

It was October 2012, Data Science seemingly exploded overnight with the publishing of the now-famous Harvard Business Review article titled “Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”. This triggered a tidal wave of interest in advanced analytics, was the impetus for many graduate Data Science programs, and careers exploded. While model building is often touted as the sexy part of the Data Scientists role, the truth is that Data Scientists are expected to wear many hats. To produce value, the vast majority of a Data Scientist’s time is spent meeting frequently…