Top 8 free courses to learn data science

Source:https://towardsdatascience.com/why-data-science-succeeds-or-fails-c24edd2d2f9

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”

Milton Berle quoted and it is quite appropriate today. If your job is not giving you enough opportunity to learn and grow, choose a different career path. What could be better than Data Science presently?

According to a recent study by LinkedIn, the highest growth in jobs related to data science and data analysis include:

• Machine Learning Engineer: 8X job growth. Average salary according to Payscale: $100,956.
• Data Scientist: 5X job growth. Average salary according to Glassdoor: $120,931.
• Director of Data Science: 9X job growth, average salary according to PayScale: $158,911 per year.

Among the new job opportunities for data scientists and data analysts, IBM predicts:

• 61% of data scientists and advanced analysis positions will be available to bachelor’s degree holders, while 39% will require a master’s degree or a Ph.D.
• Data science and data analyst jobs remain open for 5 days longer than the average for all other jobs, which points to the fact that there is still less competition in these career fields, and recruiters have to work harder to find qualified candidates.