The World Needs Data Scientists

The research is there in black and white—business leaders need better data, and they’re willing to pay for it.Between the years 2011 and 2012, FICO reported a 15,000% increase in job postings for data scientists. In 2013, there were no fewer than 140,000 open positions for data scientists. The fact is, we need to get better insights from the data we already have. The status quo isn’t working, and data scientists are in the perfect spot to reap some awesome success.

Here are topics covered in the infographic:

• The projected growth of the data industry
• The best colleges to find emerging data scientists
• The skills needed from upcoming data scientists