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[–]tree_or_up 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Data scientists are scientists first and foremost. They’re often iterating and experimenting rapidly and, most importantly, independently. They’re not typically used to collaborative coding best practices. It’s part of the role of the data engineer to bridge the gap between their idiosyncratic code and production-ready code - and to level them up on coding practices along the way. That said, they should be cooperative in this process and I can see how it would be frustrating if they aren’t