> there's a lot more need for people who understand the data and data systems of a company and how to analyze that data than someone who can write some code (

> there's a lot more need for people who understand the data and data systems of a company and how to analyze that data than someone who can write some code (discloser: I run a company that builds software for data professionals, so I have a bias) This is a very interesting topic I spend a lot of time thinking about. I don't think, in the aggregate, there will be more positions available for folks to "analyze data" (i.e. data professionals) than positions for those that "write code" (i.e. software engineers). Software has been infused into virtually every industry - that is to say most companies are "technology companies" - the global labor market for software engineers reflects that. BUT I do think we are in the nascency of data and data analysis (ironic since we closing in on a century of being in the "information age") and the number of folk s doing this professionally is about to grow astronomically. If you spend enough time, like I do, talking to companies and seeing how they handle data, it's almost staggering how few companies get this right, and that the bigger the company, the worse the effort. Sometimes I cannot even comprehend how big of a wave is coming towards the shoreline.