No, unless you’re from one of the IITs or have a tier-one master’s degree.
You begin as a junior data scientist and work your way up to associate data scientist status. Then, as you gain experience, you can go forward.
Wipro has set up a distinct subsidiary dubbed “Holmes” to handle Data Science projects.
Although Wipro’s roots are in the service industry, through Holmes, the company is attempting to expand into product development, which includes fields such as image processing, computer vision, and natural language processing.
The qualifications required are:
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Machine learning techniques and algorithms such as k-Nearest Neighbors, Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Forests, and others must be well-understood by the data scientist.
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She or he should be familiar with standard data science toolkits like R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab, and others.
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The data scientist should be familiar with data visualization technologies such as D3.js, GGplot, and others.
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She should be able to use query languages like SQL, Hive, and Pig.
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Working knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, and HBase
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Good scripting and programming skills and applied statistics skills (distribution, statistical testing, regression, and so on).
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The data scientist must be able to communicate effectively and have a data-driven personality with strong client-facing consulting abilities.