Besides mastering their own rapidly advancing fields, most scientists are expected to be good at programming (including version control, unit testing, and good software engineering practices), designing statistical graphics, writing scientific papers, managing research groups, mentoring students, managing and archiving data, teaching, applying for grants, and peer-reviewing other scientists’ work, along with the statistical skills I’m demanding here. People dedicate their entire careers to mastering one of these skills, yet we expect scientists to be good at all of them to be competitive.
