The data scientist focuses their efforts on developing analytics solutions that solve a specific and unique business problem. The primary reason for this declining demand, according to the author was that increased automation and operationalization of business processes will not require the technical skills of the data scientist. IT individuals steeped in the more traditional computer science discipline are trained and developed to focus their skills on developing solution that streamline business processes. Creating a technological environment which allows access to data and the potential for increased automation is the role of IT. This kind of scenario is simply going to increase the demand for both data scientists and IT in our Big Data world, regardless of certain opinions on the declining importance of data science. .Read more at: https://www.smartdatacollective.com/demise-data-scientist-heresy-or-fact/