August 25, 2014

The Evolution of the Data Scientist

Don DeLoach

The role of the data scientist is currently one of the most in-demand jobs in the tech industry. As more businesses turn to big data analytics for insights into their customers, trends in their industries and to gain a competitive edge, this role is constantly evolving and moving from obscure to mainstream.

Coined by Jeff Hammerbacher and DJ Patil in Silicon Valley in 2008, the data scientist is facing new challenges as the information this individual works with is growing both in volume and variety, which provides additional layers of complexity. It demands an individual who is able to deploy different techniques to mine through data in an unconventional way, a ferociously smart individual who can look at data sets with an open mind and creative zest.

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