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12/10/2015 2:25 AM

	sriram
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IT BA & Big data

Modified By Chris Adams on 12/10/2015 11:59:30 AM)

Hi, i am an IT BA currently working in Capital markets domain. I would like to explore career prospects in big data.

Does learning R,SAS,EXcel help IT Business analyst in improving career prospects for me in big data? Please advice.

12/10/2015 10:23 AM

	Chris Adams
323 posts

Re: IT BA & Big data

Short answer, yes. It's a good start but not the entire picture.

The big data analysts I've worked with almost all use R, SPSS, SAS, or Matlab. R seems to be increasingly popular. You'll need some programming skills such as Ruby or C++. If you don't know about MapReduce, take the time to investigate.

You also need to have a handle on both Relational Databases and NoSQL Databases.

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2/8/2016 1:09 PM

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Re: IT BA & Big data

I found myself having to start back at Statistics 101 and moving up from there. I am currently working with some SSAS building OLAP cubes etc. Excel has some plug-ins that allow Naive Bayes analysis along with category timing lining. I think I might be late to the part, but even understanding this at a data analyst level has help. ***Def not a Data Scientist.