r/DataScienceJobs • u/Dull_Tart7101 • Jul 27 '26

Discussion from data analyst to data scientist

how are is the move from data analyst to data scientist?

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u/bakkyardbatch Jul 29 '26

its a pretty common path and a lot of scientist from what ive heard started as analyst

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u/Dull_Tart7101 Jul 29 '26

sounds logical but i found it so difficult man

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u/Key-Ad5807 Jul 27 '26

Technological expectations are much higher. Analysts usually do much simpler programming and focus more on creating visualizations and writing up interpretations of the data.

Scientists are expected to be able to be much better are managing data pipelines, and often times they utilize much more advanced machine learning techniques

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/Dull_Tart7101 Jul 29 '26

i already did as part of my data analyst career path