A fork of Rural Dictionary
Something like a business analyst who writes code, a hacker with social skills, or a software engineer that knows math.
Also just someone management has decided is a "data scientist".
Even though I am a data scientist, I don't think it's specific enough to describe what I do.
A desperate attempt to make "statistician" sound sexy.
Girl: What do you work with?
Statistician: I'm a data scientist
Statistician: Eh, ok.. See you later right?