A lot of the posts about a terrible job market on here are terrifying me! Is the job market for data scientists really that bad right now? Help ease this old grizzled data scientist's fears about potentially coming back to industry after a Ph.D...
I should preface this - I'm currently employed and pursuing a Ph.D., however after I finish school I really wouldn't mind the option of coming back to industry. I'm an autistic data scientist dinosaur with a manager title that spends way too much time talking about mathematical theory - so I wouldn't say I interview well. But internally at my current job I decided to change projects, had two interviews, and got two offers in the last month.
I'm just trying to get a feel for why there are so many posts about the terrible job market! Are folks applying to roles they're not a good fit for? Maybe applying for more senior roles with less experience? Or not leveraging their network and instead spamming resumes to places?
I'm also curious because I still get messages from recruiters on linkedin looking to hunt some young data scientist turkeys. Halp me young redditors, do we just have a lot of folks with a certificate from a bootcamp applying to six figure salary roles and getting disappointed?
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