If you look up the hottest career fields in the IT and tech sector today, chances are you will find Data Science on the list.

The Harvard Business Review went as far as to call data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century”.

Businesses from across sectors hire tech wizards from Data Science companies to work their magic and uncover crucial data that can help them with insights to improve their operations. They can identify and determine patterns from massive bulks of data to predict emerging trends for better performance.

Picture a classroom filled with young girls and boys. Now, imagine a Math teacher who enjoys telling stories about the subject he teaches to pique his students’ interest. In all the teacher’s stories, however, the main characters always seem to be boys who use their naturally-superior mathematical skills to solve problems and save the day. The girls, on the other hand, are barely mentioned.

Does this scenario sound familiar to you?

Although the world (and Singapore, by extension) is still coming out of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the information technology (IT) and technology sector has rebounded with gusto. With remote working forcing an increased reliance on the internet, creations and postings are rising, and demand for skills in IT is growing.