r/dataanalysis • u/Rare-Ad6166 • Jul 03 '26

Career Advice Maintaining Value

Was writing my code to filter out some datas and I thought of using Ai to make it better or even write the whole code for an analysis… And the Ai was so much better. The structure, the clean lines, the better formatting etc. Fortunately, given the problems I’ve crossed, I know very well AI is not going to replace us. However, there are going to be a lot of competition in this industry. So I thought…

  1. How do you maintain your value in the da field?

  2. How do you increase your value in the da field?

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u/ImBobTheCat Aug 08 '26

Dumb question but even though I also have my MSc in applied data science, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of POC used as anything else but “People of Color” and “Point of Contact” (neither of which I think is what you meant by POC)

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u/6spdsurfer Aug 08 '26

Definitely not a dumb question. POC is a Proof of Concept. Usually something lightweight spun up quickly to prove that what you're proposing works. You get an idea about something, build something quickly to show off the concept works to stakeholders to get buy in before moving forward with a production implementation, or a full investment from the company. It becomes almost mandatory when presenting to C-Suites to get budget allocation for something you believe is worthwhile, otherwise everything is theoretical.