Apparently, there's a 'severe' Big Data skills shortage

[atbennett]

If you have an IT + math + business background, there's a Big Data job for you [ITworld]

[_beauw_]

Well... I know a lot of very smart people who work well with key/value pairs. Can big data fit into a hashtable? ;)

[Jonathan C Dickinson]

Big Data is currently in an identity crisis, just like The Cloud a few years back. People understand the gist of Big Data (unlike The Cloud where the name doesn't even tell you what the heck it is), but there isn't really a pervasive well-rounded definition of it yet.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. [Chineese Proverb] Jonathan C Dickinson (C# Software Engineer)

[mjohns07]

I recently interviewed for a Big Data consulting job. The Java/Hadoop ecosystem is well-established. There are commercial distributions of Apache Hadoop with support, available from multiple companies. Microsoft was trying to develop their own Hadoop clone, but they recently gave up and are trying to integrate Hadoop into their server ecosystem. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

[Michael Kingsford Gray]

Been doing it since 1978. Old news.