Indian women face unique challenges when it comes to balancing their career life and family life. In the process, their dreams of achieving success in their professional lives often take a backseat. Despite the progress made in recent years, there are still a lot of barriers for women who aspire to relaunch their careers after getting married.
“It can be tough to leave your comfort zone and try something new, especially if you've been in the same organization and role for a long time. But, sometimes, you need that extra push to get out there and go for it. OdinSchool's Data Science Course instilled in me the courage and confidence I needed to go get a new job.”
“I used to be so disconnected from the domain of Data Science, that when I heard about Python (programming language), for the first time, I thought the instructors were referring to snakes”, in a conversation with OdinSchool, OdinGrad Nidhi Kulkarni from Hyderabad ruminates.
Nipun Gupta from Bhopal had a very fulfilling career as a professor. But, over the course of time, he realized that to be at the forefront of the advancements in the industry and to stay a viable candidate in the job market, one needs to upskill and reskill. Nipun decided to beat his career stagnation with a career in Data Science.
Data Science is one of the highest-paying jobs in the world and a top choice for professionals who make career switches. As for Shilpa Ingole, a professor with a decade-long experience, her lack of industry experience was a significant hurdle that stood in the way of her career aspirations. Despite having a Master's degree in Information and Technology, she wasn't confident about pursuing a career in Data Science.
Naga Lakshmi Pothuguntla, from Andhra Pradesh, had an 11-year career gap when she discovered the huge demand for Data Science professionals in India. With just 7 months of experience as a Junior Software Engineer, this mother of two had several challenges to tackle before she could become a Data Science professional.
Engineers, for sure, make a unique breed. Their consequential acts of leveraging the rules of our world to build things that nature readily didn't give us are what led to the advancement of humankind in the first place. Due to the very same reason, the field of engineering is never going out of demand.
Dr. Drakshayani Desai had more than a decade of experience as a research guide when she stumbled upon an unexpected career impasse. With a Ph.D. in Image Processing and extensive experience as a professor, she had established a very successful career in academia. But, to keep up with the rapidly-changing demands of the industry, she made an ever-so-daunting decision to switch to a career in Data Science in her forties. And so she did. Drakshayani is currently employed at Prolifics, a leading...
''Data Analyst' is one of the most in-demand and heavily-relied upon roles in 2022 and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. If you have a strong foothold in Statistics, Math, and Computer Science there is no question that you have what it takes to become a data analyst!
From the data collected by satellites that revolve around our planet to our social media posts, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced every single day. This explains the buzz around Data Science as a discipline and a career path.
