I work in ed-tech – currently building an intro to data science course – you have by no means missed the boat. The field will only continue to grow, rapidly, fo

I work in ed-tech – currently building an intro to data science course – you have by no means missed the boat. The field will only continue to grow, rapidly, for quite some time. On top of that, you have something incredibly valuable to a budding data scientist: domain expertise. Being able to manipulate data is great, but to most effectively solve real-world problems you have to understand (or communicate very closely with someone who understands) the main problems in a domain. I can't count the number of times I've heard scientists frustrated by their lack of data skills, and data scientists frustrated by some arcane domain fact that stymies their model production. Far from being a liability (or just a sunk cost) your background in agriculture will make you extremely valuable as a data scientist.