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The Differences between Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Developer, Data Engineer and Data Scientist

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Data Scientist and Data Engineers are only two among the most common requirements in Business today. It is not a new degree in college, in fact, the core of the roles have been around for long years. In traditional parlance, any person who can do the analysis of data are called data analyst. Any person who helps the data analyst to create the backend platforms are called Business Intelligence Developer. With the vast amount of data, big companies and corporations have come up to conceptualize a new role such as Data Scientist, Data Engineers, Business Intelligence and the like. Here are my understanding of the different roles that exist today such as Data Analyst, BI Developer, Data Scientists and Data Engineer Data Analyst Data Analyst is experienced professionals who can extract or query data. They can also process the data, provide reports, summarize and visualize data. They do understand how to leverage the existing tools and use the appropriate methods to solve...

Be Patient With the Process

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After thousands of phone calls and job opportunity offers here and abroad. After hundreds of resume modifications, I am happy to announce that I landed my very dreamed job and that is to become a Data Scientist at Accenture Philippines. After college graduation in 2004, I am always eyeing to work with Accenture. I tried to send my resume but to no avail, instead, I've been to many companies working as a Statistician and Instructor in various Universities. My corporate career was started in 2013 when I became the Senior Executive for Statistical Operations at the Nielsen Company. I've learned a lot of things from Nielsen. I became the responsible worker. My career began flourished as  I move from one company to another until I became the Sr. Investment Analyst at a company in Makati City, Philippines. After 9 months of stay in the company in 2016, I was terminated. There was a Data Scientist from facebook whose looking for a Statistician to become part of his book. All ...

Dapat Ko Bang Ipaglaban Ang Aking Karapatan

Ako si Vincent Torre Bongolan, tubong Nueva Ecija na lumaki at nagkaisip sa Dilasag Aurora. Isang pilay na hindi naranasang makalakad katulad ng mga normal na bata ng kanyang kapanahunan. Mula sa isang mahirap na pamilya ay lumaki akong matapang at matatag. Walang dahilan upang ipagmukmok ko ang aking kalagayan sapagkat hindi naman ako kayang palakarin ng aking mga luha, bagkus magpapabagsak lamang ito ng aking katatagan. Nang magtungo sa Maynila ay nakaranas ng iba't ibang uri ng hirap at diskriminasyon. Ngunit dahil palaban ay naging matatag ako. Sa gitna ng aking kalagayan ay nagtrabaho ako upang tustusan ang aking pag-aaral. BREAK? RECESS? PAHINGA? Hindi ko yan kilala noong ako'y nag-aaral sapagkat ang layunin ko sa buhay ay makapag-trabaho at maigapang sa kahirapan ang aking pamilya. Madalas malipasan ng gutom hindi dahil walang budget, ngunit upang makatipid sa pang-araw-araw. Maraming beses akong nakaranas ng diskriminasyon at pagsubok. Madalas akong malaglag ...