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Stack overflow salary calculator shows a significant 50% premium over Developer salaries, all other things remaining the same. [1] Even though in my opinion the tool is flawed and actually significantly underestimates (stackoverflow underpays) salaries in SV/NYC. It is still a good indicator.

The major issue is that Data Scientist is a very fuzzy term with it being applied to everyone from undergraduates with Stats degree and to those with PhDs and papers at KDD/ICML/NIPS/CVPR.

However rather than doing a Frontend or Mobile developer coding bootcamp, a data science bootcamp is likely to lead to more transferable skills in case you wish to get an MBA etc.

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/company/salary/calculator?p=7&e=1&s...




From my experience this year recruiting coming out of undergrad, for the top kids who do DS vs the top kids who do CS, the median comp is higher for DS but the highest comp packages come for CS. I wouldn't be surprised if this holds for more experienced people too.




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