Enterprises struggle to build complete AI systems. Product managers claim that IT doesn’t know business. Tech leads claim the business doesn’t know technology. Missing is the purple role in between.
Tell your Data Scientists they need to care about and learn the business operations. How does the company make money? What are the largest sources of expenses? It's frustrating to see a Data Scientist jump into a pile of data without first talking with stakeholders to understand their problems or what decisions need to be made faster or more accurate. Leveling-up the DS team can have higher returns than trying to locate and hire the unicorn employee you describe.
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Tell your Data Scientists they need to care about and learn the business operations. How does the company make money? What are the largest sources of expenses? It's frustrating to see a Data Scientist jump into a pile of data without first talking with stakeholders to understand their problems or what decisions need to be made faster or more accurate. Leveling-up the DS team can have higher returns than trying to locate and hire the unicorn employee you describe.
It’s not about the data scientists- it’s a couple of levels higher, at large enterprises.