Dear Student,

Following computer science engineering, you ought to be familiar with the fundamentals of every industry, including web development, software development, networking, etc. There are some fundamental skills that you need possess if you want to work as a data scientist, including:

1. College Degree
2. Technical Knowledge
3. Good practice in code
4. Learn Big Data
5. Soft and Hard Skills
6. Create Logical Thinking
7. Great Knowledge about Machine Learning
8. Learn Different Languages ie. PYTHON
9. Must Require DataBase
10. Always Stay up-to-date.

Thanks for asking.

Good luck.

Dear aspirant,

Yes. Absolutely, anyone with a degree in computer science can go for data scientist. Data science is a field that requires lot of analytical knowledge. Along with your CS degree you will also have to work up on your analytical skills. Although the most preferred degree for becoming a data scientist is a degree in data science.

There are so many data scientist that come from a computer science background and then later shifted to data science. You also have a option of doing masters of PHD in data science after your graduation or post graduation to get into data science.