Edureka 2019

Tech Career Guide

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE /
MACHINE LEARNING
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Table of Contents
Introduction4
Trending technologies of 2019 5
Motivation for career upgrade 6, 7
AI/ ML Engineer or Data Scientist career path  8
ML industry outlook & career opportunities 9, 10
Industry size, career opportunities  10
ML Engineer or Data Scientist learning path 11
Conclusion 12
INTRODUCTION
2019 is going to be a momentous year for the technology industry. AI and Data Science but do not know how to achieve them.
While there is a looming fear of automation eating away jobs, the
job forecast looks bright with most large companies looking to grow To bridge this skill gap, the 2019 edition of the Edureka career guide
their ranks this year. This is a welcome change from the bleak IT jobs not only lists the cutting-edge technologies that are expected to
forecast the last few years. Futuristic technologies such as Artificial lead job creation in 2019 but also shares the exact learning path
Intelligence, Blockchain, RPA, etc. are finding widespread applications that job aspirants can follow to bag their dream jobs in these future
in the real-world, not just by startups in experimental projects, but technologies.
even by multinational information technology companies.
The Edureka Tech Career Guide 2019 is a one of a kind career path
Ironically, this positive job outlook is juxtaposed with a rearing skill guide that gives technology professionals customized learning paths
gap in the technologies that are forecasted to lead job creation in for in-demand technologies, namely, Machine Learning, Big Data,
the coming years. The technology industry is filled with anecdotes Cloud Computing, DevOps, Blockchain and Cybersecurity. The career
of emerging technology jobs lying vacant while the vast majority of guide also touches upon industry outlook, job trends, salaries, and
applicants are knocking on employers’ doors with a desire to bag the learning hours for these technologies in addition to sharing findings
emerging tech jobs but with redundant skill sets. Applicants dream of of a survey on the most-sought after technology jobs this year.
job titles and careers in future technologies such as Big Data, Cloud,

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TRENDING TECHNOLOGIES OF 2019
2019 began with a number of industry and career portals announcing job titles they aspire to land in the future. Around 500 technology
survey results listing the most popular technologies in 2019 and professionals in various stages of their career answered our survey,
their job outlook. We decided to test the sentiment on the ground and based on the results, these are the most-sought after technology
and asked technology professionals spread across the globe, which jobs of 2019 as chosen by technology professionals.

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ENGINEER SCIENTIST ARCHITECT ARCHITECT

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MOTIVATION FOR CAREER UPGRADE
Before laying out the career paths for each sought-after technology We also asked the survey participants whether they knew how to bag
job roles, let’s try and understand the motivations of technology the jobs that they were aspiring for. While a little more than 51% of
professionals to seek these job titles. them said that they don’t know how to bag their dream job, 48.6%
said they do know how to bag the job they were aspiring for. This
Our survey results showed that the primary motivation to seek is reflective of the IT industry where every technology professional
jobs in future technologies is improving the quality of their work wants a lucrative and rewarding job profile in a trending technology
and projects. Getting promoted to a better position at work but more than half of them do not know how to achieve it.
and bagging a bigger paycheck are the other prominent reasons
techies said influenced their desire to upgrade to in-demand
technology careers. Natural progression from their current roles,
fear of redundancy, influence by peers were also quoted as reasons
DON’T KNOW KNOW HOW TO
by technology professionals to move to in-demand technologies. HOW
48.6%
51.4%
FEAR OF
REDUNDANCY 07% PEERS 2.2% PAY
15.1%
NATURAL
PROGRESSION
14% POSITION Do they know how to bag their dream job?
20.1% But, when the question came to skills to match the jobs the
professionals were aspiring for, the survey results had a different
QUALITY OF WORK
albeit interesting story to tell.

41.6% - Only 13.8% of the surveyed technology professionals said

they were skill-ready for their dream job.
Motivation for career upgrade

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 - 16.5% of them said that they felt they were not skill-ready 76%
for the job they were aspiring for. 64%
- But, what’s more interesting is the fact that 69.6% of the
survey participants said they were currently up-skilling for
26%
the job of their dreams. 18%
07% 06%
We can safely conclude that awareness about the need to up-skill
for jobs of the future is high enough among the IT workforce but DON’T KNOW HOW TO BAG JOB KNOW HOW TO BAG JOB

they are lacking a clear roadmap and learning path to the jobs BUT UP-SKILLING NOT SKILL READY SKILL READY
of their future as can be inferred from the previous chart .
Skills Vs knowing how to bag their dream jobs

13.8% SKILL READY FOR

DREAM JOB Up-skilling with future skills is no longer a choice for today’s
technology professional and in fact, a previous skill report by
Edureka stated that a tech professional needs to up-skill 15-20 times
NOT SKILL READY in their career if they wish to stay relevant in today’s competitive
16.5% and ever-evolving IT industry. Professionals from all industries and
CURRENTLY
experience levels are feeling the need to up-skill and expert-curated
UP-SKILLING
information - on which technologies to master, tools to learn and
69.6% the correct learning path to follow - can go a long way in helping
them up-skill for their dream jobs in a structured way.

Are professionals skill-ready for their dream job? The Edureka Tech Career Guide 2019 aims to provide this information
by serving as a handy guide to those technology professionals who
Significantly, majority of those who said that they know how to do not know the learning path to their dream career. It also aims to
achieve the jobs they were aspiring for, have already up-skilled for provide the recommended learning path to those who have already
it or are in the process of up-skilling. So up-skilling clearly plays a started their learning journey and provide course correction if
major role in knowing the learning path to ones dream career. needed.

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MACHINE LEARNING INDUSTRY OUTLOOK & OPPORTUNITIES
Machine Learning and AI have emerged as the hottest Some Of The Companies Which Have
technologies to upskill in 2019. Machine Learning and AI
Engineers are in high demand as industries across the spectrum,
Openings For ML Engineers
right from automobile, healthcare, education to financial
services, start adopting AI. Even governments have woken
up to this reality such as the Indian Government’s decision to
create a National Centre on Artificial Intelligence. This interest
in AI and Machine Learning will give this technology a further
impetus by getting more companies to adopt this technology
into their products.

2.3 Million
The number of jobs expected to be created
by AI in the coming years - As per Gartner

USD 8.81 Billion

Growth in Machine Learning Market size by 2022
*Source MarketsandMarkets

119% Annual Growth

Increase in job postings for AI & ML experts

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MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER SALARY DATA SCIENTIST SALARY

IN: Rs 343,499 - Rs 2,004,987 IN: Rs 303,059 - Rs 1,794,271

US: $76,932 - $152,703 US: $63,434 - $127,852
*Source Popular Job Portals

Resources to Get Started with Machine Learning

MACHINE LEARNING TUTORIAL: CAREER PATH TRAINING:

https://youtu.be/YcUPVziBsMA https://www.edureka.co/masters-program/ma-
chine-learning-engineer-training
HOW TO BECOME A MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER:
https://youtu.be/cA_94ewJloI

WHAT IS MACHINE LEARNING:

https://www.edureka.co/blog/what-is-machine-
learning/

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ML ENGINEER OR DATA SCIENTIST LEARNING PATH
Skills not certificates are going to matter in the IT industry of the near become a AI/ML Engineer or a Data Scientist, here is a learning hour
future and it’s especially true in the case of emerging technologies guide to help you plan out your skilling journey. You can also get
like Machine Learning where there aren’t enough skilled technology started with Machine Learning 101 with the help of the resources
professionals to fill the jobs that are lying vacant. Now that you know mentioned resources mentioned in the previous page.
what is the exact learning and career path to follow in your quest to

MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS CONCEPTS - 27 hours DEEP LEARNING - 40 hours

PROGRAMMING/ SCRIPTING LANGUAGE

Python or R - 35 hours BI/DATA VISUALIZATION TOOLS - 30 hours
Scala or Java - 40 hours
Bash Scripting - 6 hours
PowerShell - 6 hours
BIG DATA TOOLS
DATABASE Hadoop - 40 hours
RDBMS Spark - 40 hours
MySQL or PostgreSQL or Oracle DB - 15 hours Hive -12 hours
NoSQL Database
MongoDB or Cassandra - 24 hours
ML CLOUD PLATFORMS
AWS
MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS or
- 16 hours Google Cloud
or
Machine Learning using Python - 40 hours Azure - 30 hours
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Machine Learning using R - 40 hours - 40 hours

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CONCLUSION
Across the globe, organizations are betting big on Machine Learning But, the skilled talent pool for ML Engineers is not yet enough to
(ML) as a game changer that has the potential to disrupt businesses. meet the growing demand for trained professionals and hereby lies
Machine Learning has the power to completely revolutionize how the opportunity. Popular job titles being offered include Machine
mankind lives and cause a quantum shift in how the society functions. Learning Engineer AI Engineer, Data Scientist, Data & Analytics
Prominent economic sectors where AI & ML is being applied include Manager, NLP Engineer, Data Engineer etc.
Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Travel and Hospitality, Automotive and
IT Services. ML is expected to create a huge impact and there’s a The time is right to up-skill in Machine Learning and become an early
growing number of ML-related job roles across organizations. mover in the sector. Become an early adopter now and get future
job-ready, today!

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