The New Rules for Becoming a Data Scientist

This article is written for anyone who is considering becoming a data scientist. That includes young people just starting their bachelor's degrees and folks in the first two or three years of their careers who want to make the switch. It's not for folks who know they are going to pursue one of the new Master's in Data Science or Ph.D. candidates. It's for folks looking for entry level jobs that are specifically on the data science career ladder. Like many high skill professions that's not to say that an advanced degree won't make it easier but there are definitely ways to enter this market with only a bachelor's degree. If you've been practicing data science for more than five or ten years you also know that the majority of us over 35 don't have specific data science degrees. We came to data science via a variety of related disciplines and gained our cred largely based on performance and experience.