Why So Many Data Scientists Quit Good Jobs at Great Companies
A look at why the ‘sexiest job of the 21st century’ has lost its appeal
Dream job?
We’re often bombarded with how popular data science is as a career. It’s all too common to read things like data science being the “Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” or yearly comparisons of high salary expectations.
Data science has a lot to offer. It’s a challenging role with plenty to learn and keep you occupied. Compared to many other roles, data scientists can be given a lot of autonomy to explore and solve interesting problems. And, in many cases, you’ll get the opportunity to work with talented and skilled people in a variety of domains.
Despite this, many data scientists spend several hours a week looking for new roles according to this Kaggle survey. In fact, those working in machine learning regularly top lists of developers looking for new roles — 20.5% in the 2020 Developer Survey from Stack Overflow, second only to academics!
If data science is such a dream job it begs the question…
Why are so many data scientists looking for another job?
