1. Data Scientist
Data scientists are responsible for analyzing data and extracting useful information out of it, according to Amit Gupta, founder of Strix Labs.
“Data scientist is believed to be the ‘sexiest’ Hadoop job description of the 21st century,” Arjun Wadhawan said in an answer to a Quora question on big data jobs. “Data scientists thrive on solving real world problems with real data. They are very good at using different techniques for analyzing data from different sources to help business make intelligent decisions. They need to have both skills of a software engineer and an applied scientist.”
Average salary: Data scientists make an average of $93,147 per year.
Data scientists are responsible for analyzing data and extracting useful information out of it, according to Amit Gupta, founder of Strix Labs.
“Data scientist is believed to be the ‘sexiest’ Hadoop job description of the 21st century,” Arjun Wadhawan said in an answer to a Quora question on big data jobs. “Data scientists thrive on solving real world problems with real data. They are very good at using different techniques for analyzing data from different sources to help business make intelligent decisions. They need to have both skills of a software engineer and an applied scientist.”
Average salary: Data scientists make an average of $93,147 per year.
