How the market has modified (and the roadmap I’d observe if I began my journey right now)
This text is predicated 100% on my expertise, my analysis, and what I’m observing within the European market. Issues may look barely totally different in the remainder of the world, however we’re all dealing with the identical waves of change within the information science market.
For individuals who don’t know me, my journey began ten years in the past: I graduated with a level in utilized arithmetic from an engineering faculties. At the moment, information science wasn’t a classy time period. I kicked off my profession at EDF (Électricité de France), a frontrunner within the power sector, constructing fashions to grasp power consumption and manufacturing patterns utilizing time collection and probabilistic fashions.
Again then, having a strong basis in utilized arithmetic was like holding a golden ticket into the world of knowledge science. Information science jobs have been uncommon, and I usually discovered myself explaining to individuals what it even meant to be a knowledge scientist.
Over the past decade, the sector has remodeled utterly. Some juniors I mentor really feel that the market has turn out to be oversaturated. So, for those who’re contemplating switching to information science in 2024, I’d say this: the sport has modified — but it surely’s nonetheless very…