One Year as a Data Scientist at Stack Overflow
I always liked data crunching, databases and data topics in general. Also, most of the software development knowledge I have I didn't learn in the official school curriculum, but rather from books, online courses and real-world experience.<p>Now, having that in mind, how realistic is for a guy in mid-30s, a very good software developer (enthusiastic about functional programming, if that matters) to pick up enough knowledge about data science to be able to actually take the data-scientist role in some company?<p>Edit: Rephrase the question.