Top 5 skills for Data Science jobs

Anurag Gandhi
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read
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So, the first question that arises is What is Data Science? for that checkout this post

Now Comes the part that what are the top 5 skills that you need to get a data science job

  1. GET AN INTERNSHIP

Do a lot of technical internships , for this you must have a technical background in fields like computer science, economics, statistics, software engineering, mathematics, etc. And you should have some good projects also to get an internships.

2. SQL

SQL stands for Structured Query Language , it is a standard language for storing, manipulating and retrieving data in databases. No matter where it is you always have to get the data somehow. Usually most companies structre their infrastructure so that you query data using SQL and all the interviews that are set for data science will have a SQL question.

3. STATISTICS

A good understanding of statistics is vital as a data scientist. You should be familiar with statistical tests, distributions, maximum likelihood estimators, etc. This will also be the case for machine learning, but one of the more important aspects of your statistics knowledge will be understanding when different techniques are (or aren’t) a valid approach.

4. A/B TESTING

A/B testing is a randomized experiment with two variants, A and B.It includes application of statistical hypothesis testing as used in the field of statistics. A/B testing is a way to compare two versions of a single variable, typically by testing a subject’s response to variant A against variant B, and determining which of the two variants is more effective.

5. COMMUNICATION

The whole point of the data scientist job is to communicate your findings, so communication is the main thing in data science job without this you will not able to tell people about your results and which will not lead to a product.

Anurag Gandhi

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