Data Science for Engineers: The Complete Career Roadmap
Arya College of Engineering & I.T. makes its engineers uniquely positioned to excel in data science, thanks to their analytical mindset and problem-solving abilities. This roadmap outlines a step-by-step path—skills, experiences, and milestones—for engineers transitioning into expert data scientists in 2025. 1. Laying the Foundation Essential Tools & Concepts Programming: Python (primary), R (secondary) Data Fundamentals: SQL, Excel Statistics & Probability: Descriptive stats, inferential stats, probability distributions Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau, Power BI First Steps Complete online courses on Python, SQL, and statistics Perform simple data analysis—extract, clean, and visualize datasets 2. Building Core Data Science Skills Data Wrangling & Exploration Advanced data manipulation: Pandas, Numpy Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): identifying trends, anomalies, and patterns Data cleaning and preprocessing Mathemat...