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Data Science Vs Software Engineering
Welcome back! Data Science and Software Engineering have their similarities and differences, they both are programming intensive and a lot of the work can be overlapped on both positions. However, let’s discuss the main differences between a Data Scientist and a Software Engineer.
First off
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Surprisingly
There are actually quite a few similarities between both fields, they're both programming intensive and they both involve a lot of the same tools. In my personal life, i’ve seen many Software Engineers become Data Scientist and vice versa, so there is quite a bit of overlap between both fields. Let’s take a look at the average salaries between both fields:
On GlassDoor, the average Data Scientist salary is around $114,673 a year:
