How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Collaboration among Data Scientists?

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I recently reached out to data professionals on LinkedIn to ask a series of questions about their work. Results from one of those polls revealed that 46% of data pros reported that they work more collaboratively with their colleagues now than before the COVID-19 pandemic. About a third of respondents indicated that they work less collaboratively with their colleagues now than before the pandemic. Twenty-four percent of respondents report having the same level of collaboration with their colleagues now as before. See figure below.

I found the results unexpected as the world went on lockdown at the start of the pandemic, preventing employees from working face-to-face with their colleagues. What are the differences between those data pros who work more collaboratively now and those who work less collaboratively now? I am attempting to answer that question in study I am currently conducting. Specifically, I am conducting a large-scale survey of data professionals by asking them a set of questions about their work in data science and machine learning.

If you are a data pro, please consider answering this survey. In addition to the poll question above, the survey will cover such topics as skill sets, solutions used, company’s ethics practices and roadblocks to insights, and more.

To take the survey, please click the link below.

http://bit.ly/dsmlsurvey

The survey will take you about 10-15 minutes to complete. Your responses will remain strictly anonymous. However, if you wish to receive a free executive report of the findings, you will be asked to provide your name and email address at the end of the survey so that we can email you the report when completed (in a few weeks after the survey closes). In this case, if you do provide your email address, your responses will remain confidential.

Thanks in advance for your help!