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Knowing the background, the reasons and why one should give a thought on this.
When it comes to technology, we are almost indulged in every part of it. AI, Robotics, Entertainment, Space, Medical, Communications and whatnot. Now one can only imagine the colossal amount of data that might be present out there associated with these technologies.
Connecting this data, finding out patterns and providing insights to the stakeholders is where the data science fits into the picture.
How to make the most out of it?
These skills will help you with it.
•Programming languages: Python or R.
Even The Basics of one of these programming languages are best known.
•Mathematics and Statistics.
Basic maths is taught in schools, apart from that you should learn the basics of calculus, probability, statistics, and linear algebra.
•SQL, NoSQL.
To deal with the data, SQL is the best thing on the table. As it is very simple and most of them say a straightforward way out there. There are many courses available which might help one with it.
Apart from these, it would help a lot if you have great communication skills to deliver your insights.
Different ways one can become a data scientist
Machine Learning Experts
Actuarial Scientist
Mathematician
Business Analyst
Data Warehousing Expert
Data Engineer
Data Mining Expert
Data Visualization expert
Cybersecurity Data scientist
These are a few roles mentioned out there where one can direct their way inside the field of data science.
To give a general idea of what lies ahead, it is foreseen that 11.5 million jobs will be created for data scientists
As of my knowledge this is what minimum amount of information one should know about Data Science before hopping on.