刚升 Senior 数据科学家却陷入冒名顶替感，Eugene Yan 怎么看？
Mailbag: I'm Now a Senior DS—How should I Approach this?
Eugene Yan 回应一位仅三年经验便拿到 Senior Data Scientist offer 的读者：不同公司对“senior”的定义不同，但不变的是团队期待更高，需要你成为初级 DS 的榜样，在方案讨论、代码评审、ML 技术选型上给出建议。他的做法是像对待任何头衔一样，以最好方式服务客户，头衔通常是在你已经达到该水平之后才到来的。
J writes:
I recently got a job offer as a Senior Data Scientist at __. I’ve been working only as a data scientist for about three years, so I’m feeling quite a bit of imposter syndrome with this “senior” title. I wasn’t expecting this. I saw on your linkedin, you made it to senior after only a few years as a DS. Curious, how did you handle/approach this?
I know that level definitions will depend on the company, but any insight here would be super valuable! Thanks Eugene. No rush to reply.
Congrats on the job offer! __ a great place to work at.
The expectation of “senior” differs from org to org. Nonetheless, one thing is constant—the team has higher expectations of you and needs you to be a role model for entry-level DS. This could involve advising in design discussions, incorporating industry best practices, raising the bar in code reviews, suggesting effective ML techniques, etc. It’s a good thing.
In my experience, I approached it like how I would with any job title—I contributed in the best way that I could to serve customers. The title didn’t matter much; it usually came after I was already performing at that level. Let me know if it needs clarification. All the best!
J’s reply:
Thanks Eugene! That makes sense, especially the part on focusing on the best way to serve the customers. Plus, it’ll force me to elevate my skillset and continuously improve.
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来源：Eugene Yan：Writing · eugeneyan.com