Is it right time to be Data scientist?
According to Glassdoor, in 2016 data science was the highest paid field to get into.
Of course, this follows the basic laws of economics - supply and demand. The demand for data science is very high, while the supply is too low, infact the world will have an estimated shortage of half a million data science people by 2020.
why you should start today ?
- Everyday in data science is a play day.
- Data insights are like discoveries, for a moment you feel like a real scientist.
- Data visualization with cool plots is amazing.
- Quest of hunting data with reasons will expand your imagination.
- You are paid well.
So yes this is your time to start and move on.
Don't waste your time doing things that you don't like when u know u can do it...
How can we start? if I am from a different background, is it possible to switch?