Data Analysis with Python

What kind of skills are required to become a data scientist?

In the industry, the reality is that data science is so new that companies do not yet have a well-defined career path for it. How do you get hired for a data scientist position? How many years of experience is required? What skills do you need to bring to the table? Math, statistics, machine learning, information technology, computer science, and what else?

Well, the answer is probably a little bit of everything plus one more critical skill: domain-specific expertise.

There is a debate going on around whether applying generic data science techniques to any dataset without an intimate understanding of its meaning, leads to the desired business outcome. Many companies are leaning toward ...