Data Science Career Shift: From Coding to Building ROI-Based AI Systems
mdancho84 · x · 2026-08-20
Addressing anxiety about data science careers in 2026, the author hosted a free live workshop. He argued that companies are no longer willing to pay $150k for demos or ML tasks, but are willing to pay $200k for AI data science processes that directly drive revenue growth and cost reduction.
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