I also wondered why people are so freaked out by it, asked around, and came up with these more or less worrying reasons: http://gleech.org/genes-out
Some actual data: in 2012, 70% of employed data scientists had a Master's degree or more http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/oreilly/radarreport/06369200290... So no, not futile.
I also wondered why people are so freaked out by it, asked around, and came up with these more or less worrying reasons: http://gleech.org/genes-out
Some actual data: in 2012, 70% of employed data scientists had a Master's degree or more http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/oreilly/radarreport/06369200290... So no, not futile.