Want to be a data scientist in 2023? Here's what you need to know - Jack Of All Techs

"I felt there's a gap between what I learned in school, and what I actually do, and I also feel very insecure sometimes," she said. "I didn't know a lot of other data scientists who worked in the industry, so I wished I could have a community and talk to them." Essentially, said Liu, a data scientist takes something raw and translates it into something meaningful. The power of data science, she explained, is making sense of the past to make a recommendation for the future. "A data scientist is basically someone who solves a business problem with data," she explained.