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.