I agree with gist of your comment, but FYI, model selection matters a lot for many different reasons. You have no idea how many people I’ve interviewed who just want to just use Neural Nets or XGBoost every time. Or people who couldn’t tell me any advantages/disadvantages for any algorithm.
I tend to look for people who can critically think well. That’s the hardest skill to find in any DS. They should have some experience and competence in coding, obviously, but realistically almost everything else can be taught more easily.
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I agree with gist of your comment, but FYI, model selection matters a lot for many different reasons. You have no idea how many people I’ve interviewed who just want to just use Neural Nets or XGBoost every time. Or people who couldn’t tell me any advantages/disadvantages for any algorithm.
I tend to look for people who can critically think well. That’s the hardest skill to find in any DS. They should have some experience and competence in coding, obviously, but realistically almost everything else can be taught more easily.