good summary, also see http://www.quora.com/Educational-Resources/How-do-I-become-a-data-scientist http://www.quora.com/Educational-Resources/How-do-I-become-a.

good summary, also see http://www.quora.com/Educational-Resources/How-do-I-become-a-data-scientist http://www.quora.com/Educational-Resources/How-do-I-become-a... and http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/what-is-data-science.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/what-is-data-science.html