slatt

5y

im a data scientist. 'pays very well' is subjective - to me, data a***ysts dont make much, but as a data scientist, i (22 y/o) make 180k in a low cost of living area. data a***ysts probably make like 50-65k first year. ask away.

slatt

5y

im a data scientist. 'pays very well' is subjective - to me, data a***ysts dont make much, but as a data scientist, i (22 y/o) make 180k in a low cost of living area. data a***ysts probably make like 50-65k first year. ask away.

slatt

5y

im a data scientist. 'pays very well' is subjective - to me, data a***ysts dont make much, but as a data scientist, i (22 y/o) make 180k in a low cost of living area. data a***ysts probably make like 50-65k first year. ask away.

companyofwolves

5y

drop the education, personal projects

TraewayTrueToATL11

5y

Thinking bout this as a career

Always been good at drawing conclusions from data

Am good with computers

Apparently pays very wel

Anybody on KTT do this or know someone well that does this?

Whats it like? Etc

DS2

5y

Are you in school right now? I was working as a data scientist in Toronto and am now doing my masters, did a four year degree in data science which was basically just a mix of computer science and statistics courses

slatt

5y

im a data scientist. 'pays very well' is subjective - to me, data a***ysts dont make much, but as a data scientist, i (22 y/o) make 180k in a low cost of living area. data a***ysts probably make like 50-65k first year. ask away.

DS2

5y

Are you in school right now? I was working as a data scientist in Toronto and am now doing my masters, did a four year degree in data science which was basically just a mix of computer science and statistics courses

awin

5y

Just finished my degree in statistics, working as a data a***yst starting next week. Gonna be getting 70k, tryna gain the skills to be a data scientist after putting in a year or so at this job

awin

5y

Bro what... Imma need details 180k in a low cost area is unheard of

TraewayTrueToATL11

5y

Data scientist is what I would want to be, it seems like something you could learn pretty quick and mostly is like a logic typa thing.

Do you have a degree or just certifications?

TraewayTrueToATL11

5y

What is the day to day of your job going to be like, you think?

awin

5y

Bro what... Imma need details 180k in a low cost area is unheard of

slatt

5y

usa, making 180k.

slatt

5y

for data science, the most important thing is having a solid understanding of statistics, followed by a***ytical thinking & programming skills (predictive modeling - neural networks, regressions, tree-based algorithms, etc). as a data scientist, you're expected to have expert-level knowledge in data a***ytics concepts.

data a***ytics requires statistical & programming knowledge but not to the depth you'll need for data science. (think t tests, basic stuff like means/median/mode, ANOVA, correlations, etc).

regarding education, i dont know your background, but most employers for reputable companies (i'd say the majority, but im not sure) require you to have at least a masters for data science.

i have a bachelors + masters from a top 15 university. that being said, i dont think education matters that much -- there are a lot of open-source datasets available online. just play around with those using python or R (i'd suggest python) and put it on your resume.

awin

5y

Bro what... Imma need details 180k in a low cost area is unheard of

TraewayTrueToATL11

5y

What certification is most important? Is there like one thats the best

rvi

5y

yeah my job is easy af. i have to look through sheets in excel and look at numbers/graphs to interpret them. and some low level programming mostly sql but i also used some python. i slack off all day, the work doesnt take very much time for me to do i was a math major and dont really use any of my knowledge from college in the job tbh

think i got kinda lucky with an easy one, im sure there are some entry level data a***yst jobs that are a lot more demanding

TraewayTrueToATL11

5y

King Try to become a data scientist and double that pay bro

rvi

5y

i dont want to have to work hard tho