Data Science — The Career Of Future

Platforuma India
4 min readMay 6, 2021

Did you know that?

Today, not only there is a huge demand, but there is also a noticeable shortage of qualified data scientists. Data Science is one of the most in-demand jobs for 2021. And is expected to grow in upcoming years.

So Want to become a Data Scientists?

Before going into what is the process of becoming a data scientist and what data scientist do let us know about what Data Science is?

Data science is the study of data. It involves developing methods of recording, storing, and analyzing data to effectively extract useful information. The goal of data science is to gain insights and knowledge from any type of data.

Today we can access infinitely more information than ever before. People are constantly interacting through the internet and smart devices are tracking every bit of our world. We call these movements and activities “data.”

To give you an idea of just how much data is out, There are approximately 44 zettabytes of data in the world in 2020. Given how much data is created every day, there will likely be 175 zettabytes by 2025. And 90% of this data is just produced in the last 2 years.

But more data does not necessarily mean more knowledge. Enter data science, the key to understanding all this new information in meaningful ways.

What data scientist do?

Purpose of Data scientist

A data scientist is someone who makes value out of data. Such a person proactively fetches information from various sources and analyzes it for a better understanding of how the business performs, and to build AI tools that automate certain processes within the company.

Data scientist are in huge demand in 2021 and experts says that this demand will grow in upcoming years. It's also a highly paid job.

Skills required to become a Data scientist?

  • Statistics
  • At least one programming language — R/ Python
  • Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading.
  • Data Wrangling and Data Exploration.
  • Machine Learning Algorithms.
  • Advanced Machine Learning (Deep Learning)
  • Big Data Processing Frameworks.
  • Data Visualization.

These all skills seem difficult at first if you see them all at once but start slow learn one at a time and take time start with basic maths skills and with your programming language of you choose and it will help you a lot and move further start will small project read blogs and tutorial there are many available from free on the internet. there are many courses that are also free.

Data science programming language?

The most used programming language for Data Science are:

  1. Python
  2. Javascript
  3. Java
  4. R
  5. C/C++
  6. SQL

Python is the most widely used data science programming language in the world today.

And Did you know that?

According to a report shared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Data Science expertise will drive a 27.9 per cent rise in employment in the field by 2026. Today, not only there is a huge demand, but there is also a noticeable shortage of qualified data scientists.

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