What is a data scientist and how do I become one?
The emergence of big data, a term that is generally used to describe large sets of data so voluminous, disparate and volatile that traditional data processing applications aren’t able to manage them – has created a demand for skilled data science professionals who can mine and interpret the voluminous data sets to help enterprises take more informed decisions. If reports are to be believed, the next few years seem promising for data scientists, as Britain is anticipated to roll out an average of 56,000 big data jobs every year until 2020 in response to the shortage of data scientists. With a big data talent shortage in the market, large business organizations are ready to pay handsomely to hire the right talent with the right skillsets. Today, many data scientists command six figure salaries. According to the reports of McKinsey & Company, there will be around 140,000–190,000 data science job openings in the United States that will remain unfulfilled by 2018. Much