Data science is the new thing! How to be a data scientist? See here. This was originally was written by the team behind DataCamp, - the online interactive learning platform for data science!

1. How to be aDATA SCIENTISTin4*2 steps

2. math & statisticssubstantive expertisehacking skillsmachine learningtraditional researchdanger zoneHere’s DATA SCIENCE!

3. Data scientists are better than… …software engineers in Statistics…statisticians in Software engineering

4. STEP 1Improve at stats, math & machine learning

5. STEP 2Learn to code

6. Grasp end-to-end development Choose a first language Learn interactively

7. STEP 3Understand databases

8. Get savvy with MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Cassandra etc. Learn databases intimately

9. STEP 4Master data munging, visualization & reporting

10. STEP 5Level up with Big Data

11. Distributed processing is the key! USE - Hadoop MapReduce Apache Spark see what data looks like!

12. STEP 6Meet (other) data scientists

13. Practice makes perfect! Join competitions Meet fellow data scientists Have a pet project Sharpen intuition

14. STEP 7Intern, bootcamp or get a job

15. Take the bull by the horns! Best way to find out if you’re cut out for data analytics & science Intern or bootcamp Get hired!

16. STEP 8Join the community

17. Share more to learn more! Sites- DataTau Kdnuggets FiveThirtyEight Datascience101 R-bloggers

18. Say THANK YOU to DATA CAMP@DataCamp_comYou are now a DATA SCIENTIST!

19. Already a Data scientist? Get data here: