UnicoRns are real

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Claim: modern R plus the RStudio toolchain can legitimately cover data wrangling, visualization, databases, ML and web apps so a single hire can match a "unicorn" job. Evidence: aggregated compensation surveys map data scientist levels 1–5 to medians (DS1 ≈ $60k, DS5 > $150k; Bay Area DS1 ≈ $87k, DS5 > $200k) and show regional variation. Methods: job-title leveling, purchased survey benchmarking, interactive R visualizations (ggplot2, tidyverse, data.table/vroom, Shiny, ggirafe). Key drivers: salary follows years of experience and role autonomy, R alone can hit unicorn tasks.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:55Soft money positions
3. 4:02Technical requirements
4. 6:05Job description
5. 13:46Learnings
6. 14:17Experience
7. 16:03Federal laws
8. 16:37Thank you
9. 17:49Questions

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