This post at FlowingData, which is a response to the "R is an Epic Fail" post at another blog, led me to an older post at FlowingData (which cites Hal Varian's comment regarding the forthcoming sexiness of statisticians).
As someone who finds the label "Data Scientist" appealing, I firmly believe in the following:
Similarly, those who can build visualization and analysis tools are the ones who will provide the next big thing.
So don't get too upset, R programmers, or all data scientists for that matter. While the software was bashed, you're getting a thumbs up. R is not the next big thing. You are. Besides, we all know that data is the new sexy, and in the end it's not about the tools that you use, but what you do with the tools.
My take-home message: Tools don't matter. Results do.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
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