I came across this great visualization by Ferris Jumah (see link Ferris Jumah’s blog post) about the relationships between data science skills listed by “Data Scientists” on their LinkedIn profiles.

To view a higher resolution image go to: http://imgur.com/hoyFT4t

How many of these skills have you mastered?

Ferris’s conclusions about a few key themes:

1.  Approach data with a mathematical mindset.
2. Use a common language to access, explore and model data.
3. Develop strong computer science and software engineering backgrounds.