We all do it. Put off until tomorrow what we could and should do today. Everyone does it occasionally, but some of us do it a lot. According to Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University and author of Still Procrastinating: The No Regret Guide to Getting It Done, roughly 20 percent of [...]
"Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine." – Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president, Gartner Research There was a time when the data from doing business—the numbers, the info, the facts—simply happened. It all existed because someone was engaged in business. It accumulated just because . . . Well, [...]
With all the talk about the field of data science and the growing demand for analysts, many students and interested individuals are checking out this promising field. And with good reason, as the industry offers well-paying positions coupled with a demand that sees no end. However, the analytical world of data science is not everyone’s [...]
You’re in the market for a stand-out data scientist. The first challenge to hurdle is that everyone else is also looking for a superstar analyst. The second no-less-challenging obstacle presents as a job description that may be difficult to pinpoint, coupled with the reality that industry standards and benchmarks are less than exact. That’s two perplexing [...]
There’s no shortage of opinions or predictions on what’s ahead for the field of data science, dubbed in 2012 as the “sexiest job of the 21st century.” But first, let’s look at some picture-painting stats concerning the job market for this exploding field. Job openings have skyrocketed by an incredible 650% since 2012. By 2020, [...]
