Agreed, and I hope that more than the public institutions like high tech firms implement this option. We need private sector companies churning out data scienists through educational offerings.
Of Course, abdlah. You need not be worried about that at all. He (Robert) is a well trained guy. There are various courses that he has undergone, earned so many degrees to get this Job. You can safely believe him. He has the best brain in the business. He can handle all the toughest and biggest of data. You just have to think over only if you can AFFORD him, since he usually comes expensive. :-)
@SunitaT: my concerns would be about the wisdom on putting my eggs in one basket and whether the BIG GUY has sufficient tools to afford me the most efficient and effective us if my data
Thats why having the right big data tools, and teams of data engineers or data scientists is important for success in handling unstructured big data projects.
@nathanwosnack, I agree with you. There is huge demand for data scientists (robert in this case) who can handle big data projects but unfortunately there is huge shortage of data scientists. I really hope educational institutes/industry will recognise this fact and take initiatives to create more data scinetists so that we can handle big data.
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