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The data scientist is a mystical spirit. A wizard, whose skills are fired in the deep unknown of a developer’s lair. Their secrets are worth the gold of a million empires.They possess the keys to eternity.They have pet dragons. Not! It’s time to take away the staff and stop thinking of data scientists as lord wizards of middle earth lore. The reality is something much different as business intelligence provider SiSense found in a study it recently commissioned about the state of the data professional market. It’s important to consider the source with commissioned surveys. Obviously, SiSense has an interest in providing business intelligence solutions to companies. But the survey they funded does have findings that provides insights into the data professional market. It’s true that data scientists are highly sought after. And there are more people who want to have the job. What companies need to do better is look at the overall data professional market. By doing that they may find tha...

Ryan has spent more than five years covering business, technology, and telecom-related subjects for a variety of publications based in New York and San Francisco. Ryan currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. ? Learn More Former Twitter Chief Scientist Abdur Chowdhoury is working on a new, super-stealthy project called Pushd. Details are scarce, but here’s what we know: According to an SEC filing, he’s teamed up with Summize co-founder Eric Jensen and the two have raised $1.35 million for the venture, which is based in New York City. Chowdhoury joined Twitter with the company’s 2008 acquisition of search engine Summize. He became Chief Scientist at Twitter, while Jensen became Twitter’s Tech Lead for Search and Relevance. Last fall, MG reported that Chowdhoury, Jensen, and the rest of the Summize team left Twitter, amidst a high-profile shakeup of management at the social network. His resignation followed the departure of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, as well as several key produc...