‘Data scientist’ will be hottest job of 21st century – but teachers don’t know -One of the most vibrant and important job roles of the 21st century will be that of the data scientist, but not enough teachers in Ireland know this. Accenture, in collaboration with the Irish Maths Association, has attempted to reverse this anomaly and so far more than 250 students in 12 schools across Ireland have taken part in a pilot programme that allows the transition-year students to join the dots between analytics and running a start-up business.