Become a Data Scientist in 2024: A Professor's Guide

Here is a candid look into the realities of becoming a data scientist in 2024! Learn about the rigorous journey, essential skills, and competitive landscape in the field of data science.
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[@DSCV-YT]

🌟 If you are an aspiring or early career data scientist and you need some career guidance, book a FREE 30-minute consultation with me today! calendly.com/ds-cross-validated/30min

[@Raybarelvi]

Dang the "brutal" beginning makes me happy, its rare seing videos encouraging people in honest way. TX the tips.

[@MarvinDuran17]

Data science is such an awesome career. It involves being able to grasp different concepts and put them all together; math: calculus, stats, probability; programming: Python, sql, R and more if you’re in specialized field. What you can do with this is exciting, especially in this technological fast advancing era that we’re in. AI, machine learning, NLP, it just seems like you can do so much. You absolutely need to be good at math to thrive in this field, but if you enjoy crunching numbers just like I do then look into DS.

[@tarunakhari7144]

The ground realities which are so often ignored to tell. Thank You for educating about all those thing which we actually need to know but generally overlooked and directly jump into the pool of study materials and then hit here and there.

[@user-bu9vp6en8k]

Thanks a lot :D

[@brabotraining]

tk, sir. i´m starting now this journey.

[@DSCV-YT]

Good luck!

[@Karanja_The_Data_Scientiest]

Yes.. the journey I am about to start

[@DSCV-YT]

You got this! :)

[@jakes2305]

Can you talk more about the competition in the field? Average LinkedIn data science job has over 1500 applicants, seems daunting to even begin to get into the field with such competition waiting

[@DSCV-YT]

Yeah, it is pretty tough. If I were you, Easy Apply wouldn't be my main job search strategy. My next video will come out early next week. I'll describe three ways to help your resume stand out in this crowded applicant pool.

[@jakes2305]

@@DSCV-YT Cool. I'm also curious as to why there is such crowded competition in the first place - so many media outlets hype data science as extremely in-demand, every company needs them etc. And yet no one seems to be able to get a data science job. Is there just a glut of data scientists because of the hype? Or are there lots of applicants who may have only done a few online classes or certificates, but relatively few qualified MS or PhD data scientists? Just want a better picture of the field.

[@DSCV-YT]

Yeah, a supply-demand issue could be a part of this. The way most people apply is also a problem. Easy Apply is easy so everyone does it but it's really difficult to stand out in an applicant pool if you apply without any connections to the company. I think in this market, referrals are the way to go. Only 7% of applicants come with a referral, but they lead to 30-50% of the hires. www.zippia.com/advice/employee-referral-statistics/

[@imtiazali-xu8gw]

Sir you are telling about the competion in this field but it is new field

[@DSCV-YT]

I don't think the level of competitiveness correlates with a field's age. Sure, data science is a relatively new field but lots of people want to work as a data scientist.

[@user-zo2xj6on8h]

Hi sir I'm yoosuf I'm doing Ai degree What skills are need to get a job within 6 months Pls sir

[@DSCV-YT]

That's a tough question. Collect maybe 10-20 job ads relevant to you and check what the required skills and experiences are. There is no general answer here because employers look for quite different things in different disciplines like biomed, finance, and tech.

[@MichaelReedOnly]

First !