Hiring a developer who is really talented is a skill that relies heavily on intuition, technical acumen, social networking and process management. If you have ever been given the hiring responsibility, then you most probably understand the challenges that are involved. One particular problem when it comes to IT staffing is that it is tough to evaluate the hallmark qualities of … [Read more...] about What to Look For When Hiring Programmers
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Becoming a Big Data Scientist: Skills You Need to Know and How to Learn Them
To say that data scientists are in high demand would actually be sort of an understatement. With big data being utilized more and more within organizations, executives want men and women who know big data inside and out. The number of data scientist positions is on the rise and growing each year. This demand is reflected in the amount of money being paid to data scientists, … [Read more...] about Becoming a Big Data Scientist: Skills You Need to Know and How to Learn Them
Why Employee Training and Big Data Should Work Together
The flood of data available today is growing by leaps and bounds as expanding networks are able to capture real-time user decisions in an instant. The ability to analyze this data for trends and insights is becoming an eagerly-sought advantage for corporate training companies and organizations of all kinds. But more of them are beginning to discover that it poses benefits … [Read more...] about Why Employee Training and Big Data Should Work Together
Top Reasons of Hadoop – Big Data Project Failures
There are multiple reasons why a big data projects fail: Analysis Failures Not asking any questions pertaining to the data Back in 2008, Google started predicting the trend of flu, and declared the outbreak of an epidemic, weeks before the CDC. Again, a few years later, Google reported an over-approximated doctor visits report, which was inflated by at least 50%. Internet … [Read more...] about Top Reasons of Hadoop – Big Data Project Failures
Data Scientist or Data Science Team? That’s the Question!
Many businesses struggle to recruit the talent they need. We see this particularly in fields like Data Science, where such skills are in demand to help business growth. Although our track record is strong in helping our clients fill such roles, still the demand grows. Partly for that reason, we also spend time talking with data science leaders about what they are seeking to … [Read more...] about Data Scientist or Data Science Team? That’s the Question!