Comment Comment by skate22 At many DS jobs you will be working closely with developersWhere I work we prefer DS canidates that have some SE background and could comfortably deploy a model (even if it's just to heroku)We pass on a lot of really smart DS applicants who havent had the SE xp, simply because many of them would take a lot longer to get up to speedThis is just one data point, and some DS jobs probably wont require the SE xp, but hope it helps & best of luck! parent skate22 8 years ago
Where I work we prefer DS canidates that have some SE background and could comfortably deploy a model (even if it's just to heroku)
We pass on a lot of really smart DS applicants who havent had the SE xp, simply because many of them would take a lot longer to get up to speed
This is just one data point, and some DS jobs probably wont require the SE xp, but hope it helps & best of luck!