Fast forward, I graduated and got an internship focusing on machine learning, where they offered me a full-time position in Data Science! This might be an extra scoop lol but I was part of an art program in high school, and when my journey in CS started, I feared I would lose that creativity in me. Luckily, I discovered as I got more into programming that my left and right side of the brain complement each other more and more, just as grapes and cheese do. What is the biggest achievement of your life till now? I am proud of not giving up even when things didn't look bright at all, not a single speck of light in the tunnel!

The role of a data scientist is often referred to as the sexiest job of the 21st century. Perhaps you were drawn toward the career because you love math, programming, and everything technical. But I'm willing to bet many of you were also interested in using data to make a real impact. At the end of a long day of tweaking data and building machine learning models, you're the ones who want to say, "Today I created something that will positively influence somebody's life." In other words, you want to see your work unfolding in the real world.