Is it possible to become a good data scientist without statistics and programming background? I have a very good SQL and BI reporting experience.

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Data Scientist is a combination of statistics and a bit of programming. Statistician does analysis of data using statistical packages whereas data scientist as they say does it a brute way. Data base background helps in trying to reform and sometimes transform the data. However, becoming a full fledge...
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Data Scientist is a combination of statistics and a bit of programming. Statistician does analysis of data using statistical packages whereas data scientist as they say does it a brute way. Data base background helps in trying to reform and sometimes transform the data. However, becoming a full fledge data scientist is not a cake walk and needs persistent efforts. read less
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