Michael Walker's Blog Posts Tagged 'Scientists' (6)

Data Scientists by Education 2014

According to recent survey by Burtch Works.

Added by Michael Walker on August 25, 2014 at 12:10pm — No Comments

Data science profession: accredidation, code of conduct

Data scientists are the lion kings of data pros while salaries for business intelligence and data warehousing pros are stagnating.

Actual data scientist salaries are much higher considering many garden…

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Added by Michael Walker on May 27, 2014 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Demand for Data Scientists and the Datification of Business

Source: EMC2 Survey.

You cannot improve and manage what you…

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Added by Michael Walker on July 16, 2013 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Data Scientists vs. Data Engineers

More and more frequently we see organizations make the mistake of mixing and confusing team roles on a data science or "big data" project - resulting in over-allocation of responsibilities assigned to …

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Added by Michael Walker on July 2, 2013 at 12:01pm — 9 Comments

Data Scientists Sometimes Fool Themselves

The easiest person in the world to fool is yourself. Data scientists sometimes fool themselves - in matters trivial and important. Thus, I strongly suggest that we acknowledge real or subconscious biases in ourselves, the data, the analysis and group think. It is prudent for data science teams to have…

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Added by Michael Walker on June 6, 2013 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Data Scientists Draw Pictures and Tell Short Stories

Brevity is the soul of wit. Rose Business Technologies has three (3) rules of effective business communication: 1) be brief; 2) be blunt; 3) be gone. This is good counsel for data…

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Added by Michael Walker on April 3, 2013 at 5:43pm — No Comments