Too often, the path to becoming a Data Scientist focuses on technology skills in vogue rather than more permanent competencies. Competencies are a more general combination of skills, behaviours and knowledge. You can have great Powerpoint skills creating beautiful slides but still be a terrible communicator. It is competencies that are most important when you build a Data Science career that is robust to changing trends in skills like languages and technology platforms. This post describes the most important competencies for being successful in data science.
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Too often, the path to becoming a Data Scientist focuses on technology skills in vogue rather than more permanent competencies. Competencies are a more general combination of skills, behaviours and knowledge. You can have great Powerpoint skills creating beautiful slides but still be a terrible communicator. It is competencies that are most important when you build a Data Science career that is robust to changing trends in skills like languages and technology platforms. This post describes the most important competencies for being successful in data science.
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