How To Get Your Data Scientist Career Started
The most common request from readers is how to further their careers in analytics, cloud computing, data science, and machine learning. I’ve invited Alyssa Columbus, a Data Scientist at Pacific Life, to share her insights and lessons learned on breaking into the field of data science and launching a career there. The following guest post is authored by […]
Faster, Further, Flashier, and more Fun– 5G: It’s Coming
This update is a follow up to our holiday greeting card. As promised, I alluded to a new direction we’re taking with SoCo Partners. Generally speaking, my partner and I are still focused on innovation and innovators in every tech sector. Yet, over the past few years, I’ve increasingly become fascinated with the massive step […]
The Smart Infrastructure of the Future Hinges on Smart Partnerships
Last week I attended a Data Science Summit at the University of Central Florida (UCF). The day merged two of my favorite topics: Smart Cities and Data Science. It was the final event in a series held by the Southern Data Science Conference. The event opened with a partnership announcement by longtime partner Siemens. The […]
My Appearance on DisrupTV Episode 100
Last week I sat down with interviewers Doug Henschen, Vala Afshar, and a bit of Ray Wang (live from a 777 taxiing en route to Tokyo) to participate in Episode 100 of DisrupTV along with fellow guests DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth and big data / science recruiter Virginia Backaitis. We covered a full gamut of topics, […]
What’s Super Hot in Central Florida?
Answer: A Career for Women in Data Science Jennifer Odess, Appirio VP on the #WiDS2018 panel at UCF. This was the first year the University of Central Florida (UCF) joined the global Women in Data Science annual technology conference as an ambassador. As a board member on the Masters in Data Analytics program at the university, […]
Data Scientist Is The Best Job In America According Glassdoor
Data Scientist has been named the best job in America for three years running, with a median base salary of $110,000 and 4,524 job openings. DevOps Engineer is the second-best job in 2018, paying a median base salary of $105,000 and 3,369 job openings. There are 29,187 Software Engineering jobs available today. These and many […]
Data Science And Machine Learning Jobs Most In-Demand On LinkedIn
Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, and Big Data Engineers rank among the top emerging jobs on LinkedIn. Data scientist roles have grown over 650% since 2012, but currently, 35,000 people in the US have data science skills, while hundreds of companies are hiring for those roles according to LinkedIn. There are currently 1,829 open Machine Learning […]
Data Transformation is the New Digital Transformation
It’s a truism today that we all need to become data-driven businesses – data is the new natural resource – and so on. But nobody seems to know what that means. Tim O’Reilly was talking about the trend, Data is the new Intel Inside, as long ago as 2005. RedMonk attached itself fairly early – […]
Kellblog’s 2017 Predictions
New Year’s means three things in my world: (1) time to thank our customers and team at Host Analytics for another great year, (2) time to finish up all the 2017 planning items and approvals that we need to get done before the sales kickoff (including the one most important thing to do before kickoff), […]
