The Ongoing Role of Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists in Industry's Lucas Critique

A Theory of Growing Demand for Causal Inference in Industry

Introduction

The demand for “data workers” has expanded dramatically in recent years. Machine learning engineers, for instance, were the fourth fastest growing job over the last five years according to a report by Linkedin. Data science continues its own steady march of growth as well. But while ML engineering and data science are distinct, they overl…