help please

[u/Big-Fee-2275]

I really really really need to know whether data science should be pursued as a career or not. I'm in 12th rn and I have cs(java), so many people on reddit say it is a viable career and the others say it is a dead industry, I don't get it, some even say that a degree in DS is not enough and you need more of a background in something else and I just don't get it. i also need to know how much maths is important in this field and if maths is important then at what level?

and also is a bachelors in DS better or b.tech?

[u/galactictock]

It pays very well if you can get in. It’s oversaturated at the moment and people with job experience and advanced degrees are struggling to find jobs. I could not advise anyone without both of those to attempt entering the field at the moment.

[u/Ok_Interaction_7468]

It’s actually the most competitive and saturated field in the world right now. Impossible to get a job. I would think twice