27 Career Options for Data Science Students and Professionals
What career paths are available with a data science education? Have you ever wondered if there are alternatives to being a data scientist or what career paths a data science education could lead you to? Well, in this article, I have outlined career paths that are possible with a data science education. This list gives you an idea of careers that are related to data science. With a data science education, your career can progress vertically which means you could become a senior data scientists, lead data scientist, and chief data science officer. Or, your career could move horizontally where you progress from being a data scientist to a data engineer to a data architect. With a data science education, you have many different career options now and in the future.
Episode 4 of the Data Science Academy podcast, hosted by EvidenceN, titled "27 Career Options for Data Science Students and Professionals" was published on September 19, 2019 and runs 35 minutes.
September 19, 2019 ·35m · Data Science Academy
Summary
What career paths are available with a data science education? Have you ever wondered if there are alternatives to being a data scientist or what career paths a data science education could lead you to? Well, in this article, I have outlined career paths that are possible with a data science education. This list gives you an idea of careers that are related to data science. With a data science education, your career can progress vertically which means you could become a senior data scientists, lead data scientist, and chief data science officer. Or, your career could move horizontally where you progress from being a data scientist to a data engineer to a data architect. With a data science education, you have many different career options now and in the future.
Episode Description
What career paths are available with a data science education? Have you ever wondered if there are alternatives to being a data scientist or what career paths a data science education could lead you to? Well, in this article, I have outlined career paths that are possible with a data science education. This list gives you an idea of careers that are related to data science. With a data science education, your career can progress vertically which means you could become a senior data scientists, lead data scientist, and chief data science officer. Or, your career could move horizontally where you progress from being a data scientist to a data engineer to a data architect. With a data science education, you have many different career options now and in the future.
U.S. Salary information is from Payscale.com and this salary information is for U.S. Averages only. This number is much higher for tech hub cities like San Francisco California, New York City, Seattle Washington, and other tech hub cities. This salary information is also higher with experience and mastery of difference skills. A lot of the skills required for all these careers overlap, that is why it makes for an easy transition from data science to any of these careers listed below. You can easily transfer your skills from data science to other career paths and industries.
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