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The Upcoming Big Thing – Career in Data Science

A field that did not even exist 10 years back, Data Science is projected to grow in demand by 48% by the year 2030 (Source: IBM Study). In its 2017 U.S Emerging Jobs report, LinkedIn ranked Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists and Big Data Engineers among the top emerging jobs (which have grown by up to 650% since 2012).

With such big growth numbers related with it, Data Science as a field is popping many heads in the technology and business spaces.

Big Data, Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Data Science are the big buzzwords doing the round these days and you’d have surely have heard them at least once. So what is all this hype about? What are the differences between them? And is Data Science a good career option?

So let’s first understand what these fields are all about and then delve into the career opportunities, path and the skills required to be successful in this domain.

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What are the Career Options in Science?

If you’re a Science student, this can probably be one of the top questions that has been thrust upon you regularly. You’d have concluded that either there are sole two roads ahead that mattered i.e. Engineering and Medicine, or that there is no other option available within the field of Science.
Here we shall see that both these claims are wrong. But then why is everybody stressing on these two branches in particular?
Science may be a very vast field of study with many categories and sub-categories. The 2 branches, engineering and medicine, simply encompass the main sections that come under Science.
It is possible that you simply have felt repulsed from the 2 options due to their being too mainstream. Maybe you don’t want to flow with the tide. Maybe you would like to try to do something different and not choose what every other kid in your class goes for.
But maybe you are feeling so because you haven’t properly delved into what engineering and medicine are all about.

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Future of Jobs, Careers and Work in times of Covid – 19

The economic impact of Covid-19 across the world is expected to continue far beyond the impact on health. The economic leaders and government advisors are trying their best to mitigate the impact of coronavirus on their economies. However, despite economic stimuli packages by government, many sectors have witnessed job losses and salary cuts across the board. Industry is facing the heat with declining margins, steep fall in sales due to low or minimal demand leading to high risk of jobs of workforce. Today almost every salaried individual has this question in mind – Is my job safe? Or am I going to experience salary cut?

Let us understand which sectors are shielded from the impact of Covid-19:

Healthcare and Wellness: There is no recession in this sector. In fact, people are ready to pay anything to save their life. Be it medicines, medical testing labs, physicians or hospitalization, people will not give a second thought to keep themselves safe and healthy.

Related Courses: MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS, B-Pharma, Nurse etc.

IT&ITES: This is again one sector, which shall never witness fall in demand. Although you need to regularly update yourself with the prevailing technology and demand. There are some companies like Capgemini and TCS, which have given salary hike during the current scenario also. In fact, there is increasing demand of professionals in field of Cyber-security, Data Analytics/Data Scientists, Business Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing & Digital Marketing.

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