For the first time in the recent history , millennials are outnumbering babayboomers. In fact, by 2030, 75% of the global workforce will be Millennials. Data scientist are making this prediction, Data science in its most simplistic form is the tools to makes such prediction. The more complex job of data scientist is to use modeling and algorithm to predict the quantity of a particular items to be sold on certain time of the day, the number of cars to pass this junction at every hour of the week, to predict the likelyhodd of a crime taking place at certain location at specific times, and allocate security and police accordingly ... Fascinating, if I were to go back, I would immerse myself in this discipline.
“The data scientist is a new kind of professional, one who combines the skills of a software programmer, database manager, statistician and communicator capable of creating mathematics-based models of data, identifying trends and deviations, and presenting them in compelling, visual ways,” said Rajesh Gupta, professor and chair in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. “The very nature and process of scientific research is changing in the era of ‘big data’. - The University of California, San Diego