• Question: Is a Data scientist more math or science orientated?

    Asked by ProfessorM to Alison on 23 Jun 2015.
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      Alison Whitaker answered on 23 Jun 2015:


      It depends on what you studied, as every data scientist has done something a bit different to end up as one. My colleague (also a data scientist) studied maths, computer science and social statistics – she is very maths based. Another friend of mine studied Physics and Maths and ended up as a computer programmer. I really enjoyed maths at school, but I went on to do Biology and was really interested in how we use technology to measure biological questions – and I have lots of knowledge about the arts sector I work in. I know somebody else who works as a data scientist and did something very similar to me. I’d say you need to enjoy both, but there isn’t a set route.

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