I recently reached out to data professionals on LinkedIn to ask a series of questions about their work. Results from one of those polls revealed that 58% of data pros reported that they prefer a hybrid approach (on premises and cloud) for their tools and technologies. About a third of respondents preferred the cloud. Only […]
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How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact Collaboration among Data Scientists?
I recently reached out to data professionals on LinkedIn to ask a series of questions about their work. Results from one of those polls revealed that 46% of data pros reported that they work more collaboratively with their colleagues now than before the COVID-19 pandemic. About a third of respondents indicated that they work less […]
Data Professionals are Dissatisfied with their Company’s Use of Analytics
a recent LinkedIn poll revealed that data professionals are generally dissatisfied with their company’s use of analytics in helping it gain a competitive advantage.
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Data Science Roles and Their Skill Sets An excellent way to learn about a subject is to ask people involved in that subject. Specifically, to learn about data science and machine learning, it is good to ask data professionals who work in those areas. A few years ago, I conducted a study by asking data […]
Gender Inequality Persists in Data Science and AI
Results of a survey of data professionals show that about 1 out of 5 are women. Women are paid less than their male counterparts yet both women and men have similar levels of education.
Computing Platforms Used Most Often for Data Science Projects
Results of a worldwide survey reveal that data professionals overwhelmingly use a personal computer or laptop as their computing platform most often for their data science projects. The next most used computing platform is a cloud computing platform and a deep learning workstation. The practice of data science requires a variety of different tools and […]
Top Job Activities for Different Data Professionals
Results of a survey of data professionals show that different data roles engage in different activities while at work. Data Scientists indicated that three activities make up an important part of their work, the most across all data roles. The top activities across all data roles were related to analyzing data to influence decisions and […]
Machine Learning Algorithms and the Data Pros Who Use Them
A recent survey by Kaggle revealed that data professionals used a variety of different ML algorithms in their work.