I recently graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin. I decided to do petroleum engineering for a couple of reasons. During high school, I liked math and science and felt that engineering would be a good way to challenge myself in college and as a career. Furthermore, my dad worked as a chemical engineer for an oil and gas company, and I felt like doing something similar as him but something different at the same time.
By talking to industry professionals in college and having internships in IT related industries, I realized the need and potential of data science and analysis in an industry that is slow to adapt. I took some online courses through Coursera related to data analysis and found out that I really liked being able to make a computer recognize images through pixels.
The ability for data science to be used for a wide area of activities-- anywhere from deciding where to drill to financial models to sports analytics gives me an enormous potential to learn and pursue my interests. As technology and analysis becomes more important in the 21st century, I want to be a part of the ongoing change and potential of data science, which is why I want to learn more about it.
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