High and Low Variance in Data Science Work
Consistency or peaks, pick one

I recently read “High Variance Management” by Sebas Bensu and this made me think about datascience work.
First some examples from the post:
Some work needs to be consistent, not extraordinary but always very nearly the same. Theatre actors performing multiple shows per week need to deliver their acting in the same way every day. Their work is low variance.
Some work needs superb results, results you don’t know if you can reach it but you try it many times and between all of the failures, you might find gold.
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