Academia to Industry: The Data Analytics Experience

The stories of those who’ve made the transition into Data Science/Analytics Photo by Blake Cheek on Unsplash With contributions from Fiona Pye , Mahmoud Oshagh and Lisa Boström Einarsson. Making the leap The field of Data Science and Analytics can be very attractive to those that have followed the academic path, whether that be to MSc, PhD, PostDoc, or beyond. The skills developed in research are hugely beneficial in industry, such as: Literature review: Being able to research and understand techniques that are novel to you, and then understanding how to apply them to a novel problem Presentin