I am sitting on a pile of rocks.
That makes me the greatest architect and engineer of all time.
Unfortunately not. The fact that I am sitting on a pile of rocks obviously does not make me a great architect, or an architect at all. The Pharao Cheops had a clear vision, bought (or enslaved?) the skills he needed and then transformed a pile of rock into one of the most impressive monuments in mankind history.
This simple thinking does not seem to apply to the modern world.
Many of the companies and AI guru I met claim: “I am sitting on a gold chest”; that chest would be the data they gathered and think they own. And then they continue: “we need to hire a data scientist and make money”. Just missing: passion, idea, business sense, vision.
Unless you have a clear vision on what to do with your data, which market need you want to address, unless you are sure that there is market traction and someone would pay for your “intelligence”. Just do not do it .
If you want to change the world or simply make money, you need the vision, the will, the skills and probably deep pockets. Or just the passion.
A data scientist, no matter how much you pay him/her, won't help at all
If you are interested in discussing simple, disruptive ideas in this field, just contact me.
If you are not, here is an article (re)published on linkedin on the topic
https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/content/?keywords=This%20skill%20is%20now%20worth%20millions&origin=SWITCH_SEARCH_VERTICAL
