“What does a “Data Scientist” or a data professional that works in larger sets of data need to know? Buck Woody, a Senior Technical Professional at Microsoft, will explain a few of the major topics you need to be familiar with to enter this new level of working with data. Buck also assisted in the design of the Data Science program at the University of Washington, and teaches a database certification course there.
 
What does a “Data Scientist” or a data professional that works in larger sets of data need to know? Buck Woody, a Senior Technical Professional at Microsoft, will explain a few of the major topics you need to be familiar with to enter this new level of working with data. Buck also assisted in the design of the Data Science program at the University of Washington, and teaches a database certification course there.
 
You’ll learn which areas to study, the types of problem areas this knowledge solves, and how to develop a study plan, along with resources to learn more.
 

Data Professional Defined
DBA
Developer
BI Professional
Data Architect
Industry Predictions
Continuation of Structured Data
Semi-and-Un-structured Data
Analytics
Skills Needed
Statistics
Programming
Distributed Systems
Business