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Delve: Occupational Evolution or Extinction?

Published: 20 October 2021

Despite being essential in organizations across sectors, data scientists wrestle with the implications of writing the code that will replace their own jobs. New research by Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast & Alain Pinsonneault analyzes six years of what data scientists have been saying about their occupational identity and its interlinked evolution to new digital technologies. 

This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.

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