Why my fellow students aren’t interested in doing data science for you

GUEST: In the sage words of Marc Andreessen, “Data is eating the world.” Er, something like that. Big data has been and continues to be one of the hottest areas in tech, constantly covered in the news. According to CB Insights, it’s also an exciting area for venture funding, with almost $8 billion in funding last year, a number that decreased recently but had been steadily growing since 2011 (around 20% year over year). Yet despite the popularity, most companies seem to agree o