True data scientists don't exist, says EE's head of data and insight

John Leonard
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Analysts are either good with data or good at storytelling, but very rarely both says Richard Tate

Richard Tate is head of data and insight at mobile communications company EE. His team includes a lot of technical types including data scientists, analysts and data managers, as might be expected,...

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