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greedo · 4805 days ago · link · · parent · post: Shorter Cosma Shalizi: "data science" is undergrad stats
Is that really fair? I think she was talking about someone that was a particularly competent programmer.
i say fair. i doubt Cathy O'Neil was talking about especially competent programmers - she says herself to not be too choosy about the employee having everything on her list of skills, and she doesn't think it matters much if they know sql/java/c. the level of programming the CMU undergrad stats program offers would be quite adequate.