Opinion

Startup vs Corporation. How Does Data Science Differ?

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Startup

• Advantages and Disadvantages

3. Corporation

• Advantages and Disadvantages

4. Summary

5. References

Introduction

Being a data scientist at a startup is very different from being a data scientist at a corporation, or, in other words, a well-established, large company. The choice is ultimately up to you regarding which type of company you work for; however, it can be nice to know beforehand, which one you would like to work for first. For this reason, I will be highlighting some of the advantages and disadvantages of these very different types of companies. This information is from my experience at both startups and large corporations. With that being said, let’s dive deeper into how these two differ for data scientists below.

Startup

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To start, I will anecdotally define what a ‘startup’ means. To me, it means a company that has been…