RStudio Community Goals

Since its inception in 2009, a main goal of the RStudio community has been improving the accessibility of R within and beyond data science. Education is an important component of that plan. To help extend the capabilities of their internal teams, RStudio has helped create a network of partners and teachers to help develop and […]

Demand for Data Skills Continues to Rise

Over the past 10 years we’ve seen an explosion in the generation of data, coupled with the rise of the data scientist to help make sense of this ever-expanding corpus of information. Technological advancements in AI, machine learning and computational power have increased the impact that these scientists […]

The Difficulty of Interviewing

Most people agree that interviewing is one of the most difficult and least enjoyable professional activities. Given the recent demand for data analytics and data science skills, it has become an increasingly daunting task for managers to adequately test and qualify candidates. Interviewing hundreds of individuals of varying backgrounds requires a more efficient way of […]

Demystifying Data Science Conference

Recently Metis held a free online conference entitled “Demystifying Data Science”. There was a plethora of fantastic talks given by leaders in the field, including our own, Mara Averick, better known on Twitter as dataandme. Mara has amassed quite the following via her always informative, interesting and easy-to-understand tweets about all things relating to data science. […]

New Partnership for Data Science Course

We’re excited to announce a partnership with Startup Institute and Western New England University that will provide a 10-week Intro to Data Science course. We initially launched this course in Boston, MA and had a great experience, so we’re excited to bring that same success to western Massachusetts. Jasmine Dumas, notable R package writer, conference […]

Strata NYC 2017

Strata NYC 2017 is just around the corner and Tanya Cashorali of TCB Analytics will be speaking in a session entitled “How to hire and test for data skills: A one-size-fits-all interview kit”. Based heavily on this blog post about How to Hire and Test for Data Skills, she will share her personal anecdotes and […]

The Unicorn of Data Specialists

In the startup world, “unicorn” is a term used to describe a startup that grows quickly to achieve a one billion dollar or greater valuation. In data science, the term means something else. You’ll often hear hiring managers bemoan the fact that they cannot find a data specialist who can do everything: mine data, write […]