Data scientists and data analysts look at large amounts of information and try to organize it and use it. Data scientists work in a wide variety of fields, analyzing injuries and severe weather for insurance (actuarial science), looking at social media data for research and advertising, and in the sciences looking at bulk data for astronomy, genetics, and more.
$95,000 to $185,000
A high school diploma is needed, but many data scientists have bachelor degrees and often certificates in actuarial studies and other fields.
In this video, you will follow a data scientist in their work.
Data scientists working for Google talk about what they do and what they enjoy about their jobs as data scientists and analysts.
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