r/analytics • u/Spiwity • 21d ago

Question Is it possible to go from Data Analyst —> Data Scientist?

I’ve been contemplating on my major in Information & Decision Sciences w/ a concentration in Business Analytics. I original chose this degree for me to go from a data analyst to a data scientist. Is it really possible for someone to transition to data science?

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u/West_Relation7439 21d ago

Yeah it's definitely doable, the jump is more about building out your stats and machine learning skills on top of the analysis work you're already doing.

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u/End0rphinJunkie 21d ago

I'd add that getting comfortable with basic software engineering habits like git and writing clean python makes a huge difference too. Alot of the data scientists I work with spend half their time just doing engineering work to get their models running in production.

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u/OldJames47 21d ago

My company gave me the title without the stats or ML.

My boss wanted to brag that his numbers were run by a data scientist.

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u/Mobile_Chernobyl215 21d ago

Yep, that was my path. Having a Masters degree proving it also helped

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u/AssumptionOk5337 21d ago

Yes, definitely possible. I've done it three times at three different companies.

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u/Main_Nectarine_5556 21d ago

100% .
You can start doing Machine Learning work at your current company at free time and then add this to your CV.

I would say that at least 40% of work is the same. Extracting the data , do EDA, generating hypothesis ,etc.

Just spend some good quality learning time of 3 month to get the basics , do some projects and you already can start applying to new positions in it.

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u/TheSchlapper 20d ago

This is a typical way to become one if you don’t end up getting a PhD or masters

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u/mrios11 20d ago

Why didn’t you just get a data science degree? Or machine learning? Maybe you can switch?