So You Wanna Be a Data Scientist?

So you’ve decided you want to become a data scientist – congrats. In my previous post I discussed the skills needed to be a data scientist, at this point obviously you believe you have what it takes. If you’re questioning whether you have those skills or it’s worth refining those skills you may want to rethink that when you see what the average salary of a Data Scientist is.

As the popularity for the position of Data Scientist increases, those who are actually Data Scientists holds steady. According to GlassDoor, the national average salary for a data scientist is $113,436! So before you write-off crunching numbers and gathering business intelligence you may want to consider that figure and you consider a job change or further developing your career!