Hilarious Data Science Humor

Data scientists and developers share a goofy sense of humor. Here are some puns that we — data scientists/programmers— can definitely relate to.



By Yi Li, Senior Data Scientist at CSAC Excess Insurance Authority.

It is well-known that being a data scientist equals to being a programmer, a data engineer, and a business analyst all in one. Although having various job responsibilities, all data scientists share one thing — WE CODE, just as developers do!

In fact, people (stakeholders) relate us more to programmers in the sense that we can magically solve data-related problems by sitting in front of a computer and typing on the keyboard, just as developers do programming-related problems!

What’s more important? Well, data scientists share a goofy sense of humor with developers as well, and life as data scientists contains funny yet true moments. I compiled some puns that we — data scientists/programmers— can definitely relate to.

0. A cool way to spot a programmer?

Yes, everything starts with 0

You know you are a programmer when you count to 3 apples below.

3 apples, may be

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You know you are not a programmer when you count 4 apples above.

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Here comes the ultimate question: What is data science?

When it comes to what data science is or what does a data scientist do, everyone gets their own definition.

What is Data Science
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  • What society thinks I do
  • What mathematicians think I do
  • What my friends think I do
  • What my coworkers think I do
  • What I think I do
  • What I really I do

Note: this post is an excerpt from this original blog. Reposted with permission.

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