>"we want someone who can take large amounts of data and do something awesome with it" Yeah, that's kind of the problem; until "awesome" gets defined, it's awf

>"we want someone who can take large amounts of data and do something awesome with it" Yeah, that's kind of the problem; until "awesome" gets defined, it's awfully hard to be specific about what the company needs. But this is why it's going to be really hard for someone that couldn't do part of the job themselves to hire effectively. As to the second point, I guess it's going to depend on the business and on whether the statistical component is crucial or just peripheral. It's nice if everyone is pretty broadly well trained. But if you're a hedge fund building algorithmic trading rules, you need different people than a marketing research firm or a litigation consulting agency.