While there has been a lot of buzz lately around the demand of data scientists. There are limited resources, which provide a clear answer to following question:
Should / Can I become a Data Scientist?
or
How do I improve my skills as a data scientist?
So, we have created this app, which helps you answer these questions.
The motivation behind the app:
Analytics Vidhya organized 5 meetups in last 2 months and they were greeted by awesome response. While community building and hackathons are the main themes of these meetups, these meetups provide us another avenue to meet data science aspirants face to face.
One question came back again and again across these meetups. It has been asked on our discussion portals in several ways in past as well. That is when we thought of creating a tool which checks your fit with attributes, which a data scientist requires in his role.
Purpose of the app:
As mentioned, this app is built with an aim to help people who want to understand their fit with data science profession. Please note that this app does not judge you on technical knowledge. We believe that if the fundamentals (attitude and aptitude) are in place, technical skills can be learned / adapted easily.
So find out how well do you fit with the profession of a data scientist? Which are the skills you need to develop and then go ahead use some of the resources, we have provided as well.
Do let us know your experience and feedback with the app.
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Kunal is a post graduate from IIT Bombay in Aerospace Engineering. He has spent more than 10 years in field of Data Science. His work experience ranges from mature markets like UK to a developing market like India. During this period he has lead teams of various sizes and has worked on various tools like SAS, SPSS, Qlikview, R, Python and Matlab.
