What is a Data Scientist?
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The document discusses the role and significance of data scientists, describing them as multi-faceted professionals who require expertise in data, technology, science, and specific industry domains. It highlights a projected shortage of data scientists relative to job demand in the U.S. and mentions the average salary for data scientists. The document also provides resources and links for further reading on the subject.
What is a Data Scientist?
- 1. Data Scientist THE NEW UNICORNS
- 3. What is a Data Scientist? Harvard Business Review Hbr.org Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century By Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st- century/
- 4. Wears Many Hats… Data Technology Science Domain Expert Presenters Advanced Degree
- 5. Data Professional Store, manipulate and export data Types of Data Files Text Excel CSV Relational SQL Server Oracle SAP HANA
- 6. Data Professional Types of Data (cont.) NoSQL Hadoop Spark Graph
- 8. Science EXPERTS Math CALCULUS LINEAR ALGEBRA Statistics MEANS, MEDIANS STANDARD DEVIATIONS
- 9. Domain Experts SPECIFIC INDUSTRY Healthcare Retail Utilities Finance Government
- 10. Presenters OUTPUT Visualizations Story Tellers Present to C-Level
- 12. Shortage CREDENTIALS Techcrunch http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/31/how-to-stem- the-global-shortage-of-data-scientists/ “A McKinsey study predicts that by 2018 the number of data science jobs in the United States alone will exceed 490,000, but there will be fewer than 200,000 available data scientists to fill these positions.”
- 13. Where Too? WHERE More University Degree Programs Certifications Home Grown
- 15. Thanks! Bloom Consulting Blog: http://www.bloomconsultingbi.com/ Twitter: @SQLJon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bloomconsultingbi