Thursday, September 17, 2009

Statisticians are sexy - Hal Varian


Every major company in the world has installed data warehouses that store huge amounts of data. The data is widely available, what's scarce is the real talent to sift through it, find actionable items, and communicate what the data is telling you. That's where you need statisticians and data analysts -- I think those are really important jobs in the next decade.

Google's Hal Varian recently quoted in the New York Times

Warren Buffet quote: "You don't know who is wearing a bathing suit until the tide goes out."

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