I felt compelled to write my first-ever article following a conversation I was part of on LinkedIn recently. To cut a long story short, I commented on a post that was berating data science leaders who don’t have a data science background. I didn’t agree with the perspective that only data scientists can lead a data science team, and I faced a number of return comments suggesting I was wrong.

This got me thinking about the world of leadership, management, and followership, and how this relates to my own career.

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