The valuable data scientist masters the business

The hard-working data scientist masters their role. The valuable data scientist masters the business

As a data scientist, it's easy to think the job is to master the technical aspects of the job, models, metrics, pipelines, and technology. Yes, that matters.

But what makes you more valuable to the company is understanding the business. That is, how does the business make money, what levers matter, how do executives and other teams make decisions, and wh…