Applied statistics (not software, but good old math) including general understanding of machine learning (artificial intelligence). R and/or Python with libraries like NumPy and/or pandas. Structured Query Language (SQL) with a broad understanding of extensions (vendor-specific syntax) depending on the relational database management system (RDBMS) that the company (your employer) has like Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL […]

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2024 there will be a 18.8% increase in the field of “Software developers, applications” with a median annual income of $100,080 and 20.9% in “Computer systems analysts” with a median annual income of $87,220 as of 04/14/2017 (https://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_104.htm). This means an average increase of 19.85% in […]