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 […]
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.
Machine Learning Adoption Rates Around the World
A worldwide survey of data professionals showed that adoption of machine learning methods in their company is 45%. Twenty-one percent of survey respondents said their employer is exploring ML methods. ML adoption rates varied by country with Israel (63%), Netherlands (57%) and the United States (56%) showing the highest and Egypt (31%), Morocco (24%) and […]
For Data Professionals, Python Remains Top Programming Language while R Continues to Decline
Data professionals of all stripes, including data scientists, machine learning engineers and others, use different types of tools in their jobs. A recent survey of over 20,000 data professionals by Kaggle revealed that Python, SQL and R continue to be the most popular programming languages. The most popular, by far, was Python (86% used). Additionally, […]