Is Data science for You?

What is Data Science? | Data Series | Episode 2

In order to answer this question it is important that you are aware of three things:

What exactly is Data science?
So you have a good idea if it matches your interests.
How to become a Data scientist?
To see if you have the necessary skills and / or are willing to do what it takes to become one.
How happy are Data scientists?
This will give you insight into the relative stress, earnings and job satisfaction of the average Data scientist — although this may not apply to you it is good information to know.

What is Data science and why is it useful?

100 years ago our collection and analysis of Data was very limited. Hand-written surveys would be carried out in societies to elect leaders or decide if a new project should go forward. This would give useful information and add value to society so often people would often get paid to carry out surveys like these and give advice to leaders of the time.

Over the past 20 years, due to the rapid development in technology, societies have been producing and collecting more data than ever before for a wide array of sectors such as: