Humans are walking data centers and our interactions and behaviors, no matter how minuscule, are building a near infinite pool of aggregate data over the course of our lifetime. This data can be used to improve the experience of our lives through analysis of our consumption, interactions and behaviors;_in business today, data has become a competitive advantage and necessary component of product development. Considered one of the sexiest fields_to pursue (InformationWeek’s words,_not mine), the data scientist is now assisting companies of all shapes and sizes make sense of these massive data sets to better inform business outcomes. The field has...

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