Data Scientist
Finds stories hidden in numbers.
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About 20 minutes. No special gear — just curiosity.
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What is it?
Data scientists spot patterns that help cities, doctors, and teams make better decisions.
A typical day might include…
Morning data pull, midday model retraining, lunch presenting a chart to product, afternoon writing a clean notebook for teammates.
They might…
- Clean and explore datasets
- Train models to make predictions
- Visualize findings clearly
- Explain results to non-experts
"Data is just frozen curiosity. Thawing it is the fun part."
— Hilary Mason
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Pay range
$85k–$190k (US, 2024)
Just one factor — not the point.
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A door, not a destination. Many people change careers 5+ times.
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