- a can-do attitude, with the willingness to be open minded and learn new tools
- a robust understanding of statistical methods and common pitfalls
- the ability to communicate succinctly
- broad is better than deep (but don’t be too shallow, it’s a balance)
- excellent data vis and “munging” skills - you need to be able to pivot, slice, filter quickly - a date scientist should slice and group like a sysadmin uses the cli - in a rapid and composable way
- a robust understanding of statistical methods and common pitfalls
- the ability to communicate succinctly
- broad is better than deep (but don’t be too shallow, it’s a balance)
- excellent data vis and “munging” skills - you need to be able to pivot, slice, filter quickly - a date scientist should slice and group like a sysadmin uses the cli - in a rapid and composable way
- a good sense of humour