Ask HN: Why do many data science openings ask for a PhD?
Looking on Kaggle and other sites, this is a common minimum (or preferred) qualification:<p>&quot;PhD degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Operations Research, Biostatistics).&quot;<p>What about a PhD would make the applicant more valuable to the company? Is this simply a way of filtering for &quot;ability to perform research&quot;? . . . If not, what quality?