What qualification is needed for a data scientist?

Question

Is any specific qualification required to be a data scientist? Or any person can pursue Data Science career? Can a non-computer background person learn data science?

Answer 1

Aspiring Data Scientists with no prior knowledge in the field can also easily get into the domain. However, it is worth mentioning that if you do happen to learn programming or mathematics, or statistics, you will be acquainted with some of the essential skills, which are essentially required in this field. You might want to consider acquiring a few of the following skills:

• Programming

• Big Data Hadoop

• Machine Learning

• AI

• Statistics

• Linear Algebra 

• Databases

• Data processing

• Multivariable Calculus 

• Data Visualization

• Communication  

Many training institutes have added Data Science as a course and added lessons in Python as well for those who are not familiar with programming. Intellipaat has a FREE foundation course on Python for Data Science. So, one need not worry about not having the right degrees. Online courses are quite helpful in that regard. 

Here is a video tutorial on Data Science by Intellipaat to help beginners get started - 

Once you have completed these tutorials, you could consider pursuing a full training program. 

Intellipaat has a well-designed Data Science online course in collaboration with IBM. The course offers 24/7 online learning support as well as job assistance.