Data Science is the new buzzword, a red hot career moniker and seems to be mushrooming everywhere - across career sites and social media platforms. Every job search site is filled with hundreds of listings for data scientists, data analysts, machine learning engineers etc. There are thousands of questions posted across Quora, Reddit and other platforms asking for advice about how to become a data scientist. Many bootcamps advertise 2-6 month programs to becoming a data scientist. Colleges are responding to the interest by offering bachelors and masters programs in data science. This post is for high school and college students looking for an introduction to the data science ecosystem.
