3 Ways to Learn Data Science and Get a Job in 2024

Author(s): Boris Meinardus

Originally published on Towards AI.

How do you best learn Data Science and then get a Job? How long does it take, and how much does it cost? What is data science???

There are so many questions you guys have been asking me, so in this blog post, I thought I would try to answer them and share the three best ways to achieve your goal of getting a data science job.And, since there is no simple answer, it’s really important to have a look at all three methods so that I can help you pick the best choice for yourself!

Okay, let’s get started!

All the way back in 2012, Harvard Business Review said that Data Science was the sexiest job of the 21st century and recently followed up with an updated version of their article.

So, before we look at how to learn data science, we need to know: what really is a data scientist?

I mean, ML engineers often spend most of their time handling and understanding data. Right? So, how is a data scientist different from an ML engineer?

Well, there are three main reasons for this confusing overlap between the role of a data scientist and the role of an ML engineer.

First, if we look at Wikipedia’s definition of data science, we see it says

“Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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