3 ms·
Kaggle is an interesting site. But the cynic in me says these contests/competitions are just a cheap way of effort harvesting. For a pittance, the companies spo
by svasan 13y ago
Kaggle is an interesting site. But the cynic in me says these contests/competitions are just a cheap way of effort harvesting. For a pittance, the companies sponsoring these contests are getting tremendous value in return. If you are a statistician/analytics person, there is no reason to let your value and skills get commoditized in this manner.
- jacques_chester 13y agoLast I heard, Kaggle charges $10,000/month for a competition.
- svasan 13y agoThe dollar equivalent of the value the companies get in return would be an order of magnitude more than what Kaggle charges the companies/clients that sponsor the contests.
- jacques_chester 13y agoThat doesn't mean it's "cheap", for the same reason Oracle isn't cheap or a private plane charter isn't cheap.