You need to have a set of technical skills to become a successful data scientist. Other than technical skills you must have an undergraduate (bachelor) or a postgraduate (master) degree in Data Science. You must have knowledge regarding R programming, Python coding, and you must know to work on the Hadoop platform and Apache Spark. Besides this, if you have knowledge about machine learning and artificial intelligence, you have a bonus that will help to gain an edge above your competitors in the job market.