Most Important Trait For a Data Scientist? Curiosity
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There’s no shortage of people watching video online and certainly no shortage of data detailing that video viewing. It’s Ooyala’s job not only to manage and deliver digital video, but to help media firms understand who their viewers are, and give them what they’re looking for based on up-to-the-minute information.
As the company’s chief data scientist for two years, Matt Pasienski spends his time turning “crazy messy data sets into something meaningful for our customers.” But the sheer volume and speed with which data rushes towards him and his team means he needs more than his PhD in physics to make sense of it all. For Mr. Pasienski, the most important trait he or anyone else in his line of work needs is curiosity.
“I’m insanely inquisitive, which perhaps more than my education makes me qualified for this job,” he said.
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