TechCrunch – Amy Gershkoff
“Data scientist might be considered the “sexiest job of the 21st century,” with many companies eager to hire data science talent…20 years ago the term was barely used, save for a few academic articles…But things have changed over the last five years…organizations started to see the value of data science as the volume of data they had to analyze increased dramatically…The role of a data scientist is to mine enormous volumes of data and pull out key insights. In an era where enterprise-generated data is expected to exceed 240 exabytes daily by 2020, the need for experts trained in extracting insights from data is more important than ever. So what’s the problem? We have a global talent shortage, and the demand for data scientists continues to grow rapidly, far outpacing the anemic growth in supply…There are three steps we can take to help stem this talent shortage:”(more)