Quant Data Scientist (Alternative Data) Roadmap

Quant Data Scientists differ from traditional Quant Researchers by focusing on unstructured and alternative data rather than just price and volume. They ingest, clean, and extract signals from satellite imagery, credit card transaction logs, social media sentiment, and web scraped data. [Image of data ingestion…

Milestones: Data Engineering. Machine Learning. Statistical Rigor. Domain Knowledge

Core skills: Natural Language Processing (NLP). Big Data Technologies (Spark, Dask). Web Scraping and ETL. SQL and NoSQL Databases