How I Am Preparing For A Career Transition To Data Science Position From Scratch
“There’s a growing realization across all sectors that data science skills have become essential for competing and improving in today’s marketplace,” says Michael Galvin, executive director of Data Science Corporate Training for Metis, a data science skills training company that works with individuals and businesses. Data Science is an amalgamation of Technology, Domain Knowledge and Applied Mathematics. When it comes to data science, ideal candidates should showcase a superset of these two types of skills compounded with domain and business knowledge. It is such a vast field with multitude applications that it becomes overwhelming for an individual to decide where to begin their journey. On top of this there is an information overload and a lot of hype that has been created by marketers that it ends up confusing anyone who wants to step into this field. Broadly speaking there are three main kind of roles that one can choose and in turn develop specialized skill set re...