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A data science practitioner with nearly ten years of experience posted on Reddit saying 'I'm a data scientist but I never do any data science work,' having never built a model in a formal job role across 4 companies over nearly 10 years.
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8/31/2026
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Valid until: 9/14/2026(expired)
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