How to get an entry level job in the Big Data industry?

[Jamin2112]

How to get an entry level job in the "Big Data" industry?

I.e. developing algorithms and crunching numbers for Netflix, Twitter, etc.

 

[jfgobin]

Jamin2112

I don't know exactly how to get you a job in one of these firms, but you may start by having a very good background in statistics and data analysis, and have shown an interest in the field. For instance, there is a site called kaggle that has a lot of challenges in Big Data and machine learning. Starting there and making yourself a name would be a good step.

Here are a few references of talks/books/courses that may help you:

- OCW's How to Process, Visualize and Analyze Data
- Coursera's Data Analysis
- Davenport's Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data
- Ratner's Statistical and Machine-Learning Data Mining: Techniques for Better Predictive Modeling and Analysis of Big Data

Have fun!
J.

 

[jesse73]

That kaggle site is awesome.

A large corporation gets to outsource a problem presumably for a price to Kaggle then data scientists complete this work for the privilege of saying they did it best.