Managers frequently wail about skill shortages, but very often it's pure hypocrisy. The real problem is the reluctance to do any training (and I don't mean form

Managers frequently wail about skill shortages, but very often it's pure hypocrisy. The real problem is the reluctance to do any training (and I don't mean formal training) combined with the desire to get proven experts in whatever field. Proven experts must have years of experience in applying their expertise. If no one lets people with less experience to work in that field, where the hell would those experts appear from? Another dimension? Can I be a 80% developer and 20% "data scientist" in your company to try the new role out? The bigger your company is, the less likely the answer to be a "yes". Since Big Data implies a big company, the resulting "shortage" is not surprising. It's self-made.