This report by McKinsey & Company is frequently referenced, so I thought I should post a link to it. It includes the following quote about the lack of talent to fill Big Data positions.
By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions.
This quote is why now is a great time to be learning to become a data scientist.
[…] third and also common approach is from people that want to help fill the expected void of 1.5 million data-savvy managers. These people do not necessarily want to know the deep details of the algorithms, but they would […]