[the_Watchman]

Get her to specialize in big data, analytics, data science, machine learning, Internet of Things and she'll have companies fighting over her. She'll never be without work.

I work for a big data firm and we can't hire enough of these people. Our clients hire our people for really tough projects at unbelievable rates.

This is precisely the wrong way to go if she intends to have a long career. "Big Data" is a passing fad. Analytics, yes, but because software engineers need it for assessing their systems.

Hadoop won't exist in 10 years! So then what is she supposed to do?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You keep current and retool like all successful people. If you are not adaptable and not committed to lifelong learning and skill development, you die. That is true in computers moreso than most any other field. That’s why I stopped being a true engineer in mid-career. It is brutal keeping up with new graduates.

I see what most of what the F1000 companies are doing w big data and analytics — this is not a fad. It is as fundamentally transformational as computers, networking, and the Internet were in the last big waves.

[rb22982]

Big data is not a fad and no I don’t work with it.