CrowdFlower 2015 DATA SCIENTIST REPORT (local copy). If you want to give up your email, go here.
Survey of one hundred and fifty-three (that’s what more than 150 means) data scientists. Still, the results don’t vary much from those I have seen cited elsewhere.
A couple of interested tidbits:
66.7% say cleaning and organizing data is one of their two most time-consuming tasks
Yet when you read the report, how many data scientists say that creation of cleaner, more organized data would make their lives easier?
Survey says:
#1 “to acquire all necessary tools to effectively do the job” (cited by 54.3 percent of respondents)
#2 “set clearer goals and objectives on projects” (cited by 52.3 percent of respondents).
#3 “invest more in training and development to help team members continually grow their capabilities” (cited by 47.7 percent of respondents)
Someone may have asked about cleaner and better organized data but it didn’t make the reported survey results.
Amazing yes? Over sixty-six (66) percent of their time spent cleaning data and no voiced desire to create cleaner data.
Maybe it was just these one hundred and fifty-three data scientists or perhaps the survey instrument.
Making it possible to reduce the amount of time you spend on janitorial work with data would be a priority for me.
You?