Dive deeper and explore the endless possibilities.
Hey there!
My name is Jason and I currently work as a data scientist at Verizon! When I began my journey into the field, I was unsure as to what career path I wanted to follow. I had always been good at math and interested in it, so I decided that I wanted to learn more about what I could do with math and ended up finding the field “data science”. What I think is cool about data science is that it really encompasses anything in STEM that you want it to, and it is all centered around producing outcomes that accomplish or support whatever problem, project or idea you can come up with. Another thing that is great about data science is that there are no set prerequisites that you need to start in the field, you just need to have a topic that you are passionate about and the drive to find ways to use Math, statistics, programming or any other data science methods that you can to help you accomplish that goal. One specific thing that led me deeper into STEM was a presentation that I saw about fantasy football players. For context, fantasy football is a game where you draft a team of players and they score points based on how they play in real life. In this presentation, the presenter did a project based on previous years outcomes that helped him choose who to draft on his team for the upcoming year. That presentation really made me realize how much is possible in the STEM fields and also showed me that you can pursue similar projects in any topic that interests you! As you can probably tell, I love what I do and encourage anyone with an interest that they want to learn more about to start their own journey into STEM to develop skills that allow them to learn all the cool things that they can about whatever it is that interests them!
I wish you luck in whatever (hopefully STEM) field that you decide to pursue and really encourage you to dive deeper into any interest you have and explore the endless possibilities that there are when it comes to these topics!
Jason
