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C Transitioning to a data scientist role as a statistician
As a statistician who has successfully switched to the role of a data scientist, what was your motivation and how easy was the transition? Are you happy with the decision?
I am an experienced biostatistician in big pharma (about 7 years altogether in the industry) currently considering a possible switch and would like to hear others' opinions. I also have a master degree in business management so I'm thinking of either switching to DS in pharma or perhaps making a move to the business sector. My main programming languages are SAS and R but I'm sure I can improve on my python skills quickly. What possible factors do you think should be addressed to make such a transition easier?
