DATA & ANALYTICS
Addressing the data skills gap As Adams explains , initiatives like the datathon can help address the data skills gap . As more people with these skills enter the market , this will have the effect of speeding up businesses ’ analytic transformation . “ When you have an employee or future employee who starts on day one and is already productive in one part of their job , you ’ re investing in teaching them your business . You ’ re not investing in teaching them software because they ’ ve already come in with these skills .
“ You ’ ve also brought somebody in who already understands analytics from a learning perspective . That helps
“The energy around data and analytics has really been fueled by what ’ s happened over these last couple of years ”
LIBBY DUANE ADAMS CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICER , ALTERYX technologymagazine . com 109