Big Data Needs Data Scientists, Or Quants, Or Excel Jockeys

21 October 2014, 15:31
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Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

To get the greatest business value from Big Data, companies are looking for multi-skilled experts who understand programming, large-scale mathematics, statistics and business. They call this new role a Data Scientist. Like Big Data, the term Data Scientist is both catching on and generating skepticism.

Also like Big Data, the Data Scientist role is required right now in some businesses and not so immediately in others. Commercial demand is apt to rise sharply within the next few years as social media, sensors...

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