How to Become a Data Scientist

Last Updated on April 19, 2018

How do you become a data scientist?

I think that really depends on where you are now and what you really want to do as a data scientist.

Nevertheless, DataCamp posted an infographic recently that described 8 easy steps to becoming a data scientist. In this post I want to highlight and review DataCamp’s infographic.

What is a Data Scientist

Before defining the steps to becoming a data scientist, the graphic defines what a data scientist is using three key resources:

1. Drew Conway’s data science venn diagram that combines hacking skills, math and statistics knowledge and substantive expertise.
2. A graph showing the survey results on the question of education level, not unlike the graph in O’Reilly’s Analyzing the Analyzers.
3. Josh Wills’ quote on what is a data scientist.

Become a Data Scientist

From the infographic, the 8 steps to becoming an
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