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Re:Ask HN: What skills $100/hour - $200k/year by olalonde on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:27PM (#2019926)
I'm personally sharpening my tools for "big data" and "augmented reality" but it's a gamble, which is inevitable if you want to make the big bucks in this industry.
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Re:Ask HN: What skills $100/hour - $200k/year by HackyGeeky on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:32PM (#2019935)
Big data = Cloud computing etc. ?
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Re:Ask HN: What skills $100/hour - $200k/year by olalonde on Saturday December 18, 2010 @01:38PM (#2019943)
I was more referring to this definition from Wikipedia[1]:

> Big data are datasets that grow so large that they become awkward to work with using on-hand database management tools. Difficulties include capture, storage, search, sharing, analytics, and visualizing.

Some other interesting resources:

What is data science?: http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/06/what-is-data-science.html

How to turn data into money: http://petewarden.typepad.com/searchbrowser/2010/10/how-to-t....

O'Reilly Radar: http://radar.oreilly.com/data/

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data

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