About Data Compass AI

The data science and GenAI field is exploding. It's been called the sexiest job of the 21st century. Many data science and GenAI masters programs are springing up, creating armies of data scientists and GenAI engineers.

And yet, many data scientists seem to be leaving the field in droves. Job satisfaction is low, and burnout is high. There are many reasons for this.

• When interviewing for potential data science roles, candidates are told the company has "mountains of data" and "endless exciting problems to tackle". This is often not true.
• Companies have immature tech stacks, make data cleaning and productionizing models a nightmare.
• Company culture is not data-driven, causing data scientists to struggle to get buy-in for their work.
• Data scientists are often siloed in their work, and don't get to work on the most interesting problems.

Data Compass's mission is to make organizations' data maturity levels (be they large corporations, startups, non-profits, or government agencies) transparent to data job seekers and the data community. And also to allow organizations to see how their data maturity stacks up against others in their industry.