Nearly seven years after the Harvard Business Review first gave it the title, Data Scientist is still arguably the sexiest job out thereLinkedIn reports that demand for these highly skilled workers is ridiculously high, and according to the company review site Glassdoor — which recently named the position its Best Job in America for 2019 — the same can be said for their salaries. Your typical U.S. data scientist earns an average base pay of $117,345 a year. 

In the iconic words of Paris Hilton: That's hot. 

The thing is, data science isn't exactly a field you can just waltz right into. Job seekers typically need three things in order to snag a gig: math and statistics knowledge, computer literacy, and some sort of specialized knowledge of a certain industry.  Read more...

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