Data Science Soft Skills, Revisited

If you look closely enough at any strict category, sooner or later it starts to fall apart. The common division of data scientists’ skills into “hard” and “soft” is no exception. Code documentation: a soft skill or a hard one? What about creating a sharp-looking chart, or setting up a streamlined Python environment?

This week, we’ve rounded up recent articles on skills that data scientists often think of as “soft” despite their central role in any successful career. These posts …

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