MOOCs Might Be The Best Way To Learn Data Science, Says This Influencer

For this edition of My Journey In Data Science column, Analytics India Magazine got in touch with a data scientist, influencer and blogger. Rahul Agrawal, Data Scientist at Walmart Labs, shared his exciting journey in data science, and also offered advice on best practices for aspirants to thrive in the ever-changing data science landscape. Rahul is a mechanical engineer from IIT Delhi, who started his job in a steel company in 2010, but quit the job since it was not interesting enough. Then he joined Fractal Analytics in 2011 as a business analyst. "Initially, I wrote a lot of SQL and made dashboards – most of the work revolved around reporting. And it was not a love-at-first-sight for me," says Rahul.