If you mainly want to do Machine Learning, don't become a Data Scientist

I've been in this career for 6+ years and I can count on one hand the number of times that I have seriously considered building a machine learning model as a potential solution. And I'm far from the only one with a similar experience.

Most "data science" problems don't require machine learning.

Yet, there is SO MUCH content out there making students believe that they need to focus heavily on building their Machine Learning skills.

When instead, they should focus …

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