IBM Data Science Professional Certificate Course equivalencies

[spohara]

I wanted Data Science myself, but decided it wasn't worth it. Comp Sci with some Data Science courses should be fine, IMO. Others might feel differently.

For my purposes, I'm a federal employee already working on data, but I can't qualify for the basic education requirement for the new data scientist series.  A CS degree fills that requirement just as well as DS would, so I agree in this regard (as far as my situation).  I also plan on going on to a masters in DS, so I'm not too worried.  The bachelors is just to try to get there quickly and be eligible for jobs.