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What Skills Would You Need?
Understanding of statistical analysis, machine learning , and deep learning techniques and algorithms
Ability to communicate insights verbally, visually, and in written form
Experience with distributed computing and data pipeline(Hadoop/Spark etc.)
Technical Skills: Structured Query Language (SQL), Python, R, and Scala
What Would Your Day As A Data Scientist Look Like?
Attend stand-up meetings
Check your dashboard for the different tasks you are responsible for
Peer reviewyour teammate's code
For the business problem you are working on:
a. Gather the requirements
b. Locate and clean the data
c. Perform exploratory analysis on the data
d. Perform feature engineering
e. Build models
f. Decide the format of the output
g. Translate data-driven insights to visuals
Did you know?
Industries That Hire Data Scientists
Retail — Amazon, Shopify, Best Buy, Walmart, etc.
Tech — Google, Microsoft, Linkedin, Facebook, etc.
Pharmaceuticals — Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, etc.
Transportation — Air Canada, CN Railways, Amtrak, etc.
Quiz
What industries would need Data Scientists?
The world is driven by data so almost every industry is in need of a data scientist to make sense of this ever-growing amount of data.
The Average Base Salary for a Data Scientist in Canada is 
The Average Base Salary for a Data Scientist in the USA is Let's Put Your Understanding To Test
Meet Lizzie
Liz has taken courses in statistics and data analysis
She loves working on projects involving large datasets in SQL/Python
She creates excellent visuals using Tableau
She has won many data-based case competitions because of her passion for problem-solving and excellent presentation skills
Meet Eric
Eric has taken courses in computer science
He is passionate about coding especially in Java
He loves to work alone and undertakes many individual projects
He is great at explaining concepts 1-on-1 but avoids presenting to large groups as much as possible
Quiz
Who is most suited to be a Data Scientist?
A good data scientist not only has the required technical skills to solve a given problem but is also comfortable presenting data-driven insights to large teams.
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This Byte has been authored by
Rashmikaa Sethu Madhavan
Analytics and Insights Analyst at LoyaltyOne