Data scientists aren’t a nice-to-have anymore, they’re a must-have, and businesses of all sizes are scooping up this new breed of engineering professional. Companies like Apple, BirchBox, GE, Facebook, YellowPages, Bank of America and a swath of startups all have data scientists on their payroll. Even the White House has a chief data scientist. It used to be a role no-one wanted. Today it’s a different story. Data scientists have now become critical to a company’s success. Any business that relies on data or analytics will need an expert in looking for numerical needles in data haystacks. But how do…
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