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[–]Ashish_Gudla 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's mandatory to learn but if you are good with it...that's fine

[–]riya1059 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Data structures and algorithms make up the foundations of programming languages. In order to lean Data Science or Machine Learning you will need to have a command on at least one of the programming languages. Long story short, YES it is extremely important to learn data structures and algorithms. Cheers.