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Why Data Science?

It may be easier to answer "Why not?". Data science plays a major role in our every day lives. From the products and services we all benefit from to the transportation many of us use daily, data science is always found somewhere along the line. It can be used by hobbyists and companies alike to fine tune and optimize many of the things we do, and the skills involved on their own can lead to many amazing opportunities.
As we move into the future, data science becomes increasingly important. The amount of data we gather increases, and yet we can continue to efficiently parse through it to better our understanding of any number of subjects. Technology is ever evolving to improve our ways of life and propel us to new discoveries, and data as well as how it's used is the backbone of those discoveries and inventions.
The possibilities are endless, and each year we become more tech. oriented, more automated, and everywhere possible, our lives are made more efficient. A common theme, an unexpendable aspect behind everything we do, is data. With no one to work with, manipulate, and present that data in a useful way, the quality of our lives would have plateaued and we wouldn't have gotten to see many of the discoveries and advancements that we've been lucky enough to experience.
So that is to answer the question, "Why data science?", and why I have decided to start down the path of learning data science. To help understand and gather better insights and knowledge from the information we have available and to explore new possibilities as we learn more every day.

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Rick Delpo

Data is indeed Everywhere. By understanding Data Science and the Array Data Structure in particular we will be rounding out our skill level thus increasing our net worth.

My suggested Roadmap

1 learn both SQL and noSQL
2 SQLite is a great way to start
3 become a programmer and embed SQLite into a Java Program
4 for noSQL we can Fetch a JSON file using Javascript, then implement JS Array methods on our JSON Array

find out more about connecting to data at howtolearnjava.com

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pierce1798

I appreciate your response! I'll be sure to check those out.