Big Data and Data Science Books - A Baker's Dozen

<div class="xg_headline xg_headline-img xg_headline-2l" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.899999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="tb" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 76px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="border: 0px; color: #020000; font-size: 1.53846em; font-weight: normal; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h1><ul class="navigation byline" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 5px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 669px;"><li style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 0px 15px 3px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="nolink" href="" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; 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margin: 5px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are 13 informative and inspirational books on Big Data and Data Science.  This is definitely not intended to be a comprehensive list (since a complete list of such readings would itself be a form of "Big Data", and consequently the number of possibilities is a nearly uncountable number!<span class="font-size-1" style="border: 0px; font-size: 8pt !important; line-height: 1.2 !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE definition of "uncountable" =</span><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="font-size-1" style="border: 0px; font-size: 8pt !important; line-height: 1.2 !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> an infinite set that contains too many elements to be countable.</span>)</span></div><ol style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9780544227750" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and T...</a>, by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781594204111" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't</a>, by Nate Silver</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781118356852" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie...</a>, by Eric Siegel </li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781454908272" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Human Face of Big Data</a>, by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt</div></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781449361327" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Data Science for Business: What you need to know about data mining ...</a>, by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett</div></li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9780679604181" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable</a>, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781422103326" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning</a>, by Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9780553384734" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers is the New Way to Be Smart</a>, by Ian Ayres</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781118733899" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Big Data Marketing: Engage Your Customers More Effectively and Driv...</a>, by Lisa Arthur</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9783642280467" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Journeys to Data Mining: Experiences from 15 Renowned Researchers</a>, by Mohamed Medhat Gaber (editor)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery</a>, by T.Hey, S.Tansley, and K.Tolle (editors)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9781934356920" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the...</a>, by Eric Redmond and Jim Wilson</li><li style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 3px 2.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://isbn.nu/9780750677967" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Data Mining And Predictive Analysis: Intelligence Gathering And Cri...</a>, by Colleen McCue</li></ol><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And here are two more, as a bonus:</div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 14. <a href="http://isbn.nu/9781439873687" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1d00fa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">A Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed</a>, by Lawrence Hubert and Howard Wainer</div><div style="border: 0px; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; min-height: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 15. <a href="http://isbn.nu/9781118638170" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: none; 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Big Data and Data Science Books - A Baker's Dozen

Posted by  Kirk Borne  on January 15, 2014 at 12:30pm View Blog Here are 13 informative and inspirational books on Big Data and Data Science...

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10 Programming Languages You Should Learn in 2014

<div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">by R<a href="http://mashable.com/people/rebecca-hiscott/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; text-decoration: none;">ebecca Hiscott</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">The tech sector is booming. 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Even beyond the tech world, an understanding of at least one programming language makes an impressive addition to any resumé.</div><div class="see-also" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.5px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">SEE ALSO: <a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/06/tech-jobs-2014/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">The 8 Hottest Tech Jobs of 2014</a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">The in-vogue languages <a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://mashable.com/2012/07/11/developer-programming-languages/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">vary by employment sector</a>. Financial and enterprise systems need to perform complicated functions and remain highly organized, requiring languages like Java and C#. Media- and design-related webpages and software will require dynamic, versatile and functional languages with minimal code, such as Ruby, PHP, JavaScript and Objective-C.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">With some help from <a href="http://lynda.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, we've compiled a list of 10 of the most sought-after programming languages to get you up to speed.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">1. 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IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> <a href="http://mashable.com/category/java/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Java</a> is a class-based, object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s. It's one of the most in-demand programming languages, a standard for enterprise software, web-based content, games and mobile apps, as well as the <a href="http://mashable.com/category/android/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Android</a>operating system. Java is designed to work across multiple software platforms, meaning a program written on Mac OS X, for example, could also run on Windows.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">Beginners are advised to learn C/C++ first, as Java is not the most user-friendly of languages.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/blog/learn-java/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Udemy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/Java-training-tutorials/1077-0.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search-Dev-Java-XCT&utm_content=36326176986&utm_term=learn%20to%20program%20java&gclid=CNvrk4f_gLwCFREaOgodzFMAkA" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/newtojava/overview/index.html" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Oracle.com</a>, <a href="http://www.learnjavaonline.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LearnJavaOnline.org</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">2. C Language</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!6297" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!6297" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1LzlhL2MyLjQzY2I0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/0ff29852/8c6/c2.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="C Language" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!6297" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1LzlhL2MyLjQzY2I0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/0ff29852/8c6/c2.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1LzlhL2MyLjQzY2I0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/0ff29852/8c6/c2.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="C Language" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> A general-purpose, imperative programming language developed in the early '70s, C is the oldest and most widely used language, providing the building blocks for other popular languages, such as C#, Java, JavaScript and Python. C is mostly used for implementing operating systems and embedded applications.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">Because it provides the foundation for many other languages, it is advisable to learn C (and C++) before moving on to others.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="http://www.learn-c.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Learn-C</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/introduction-to-programming/id455865447" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Introduction To Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/Eclipse-tutorials/CC-Essential-Training/94343-2.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search-Dev-C&utm_content=34132478586&utm_term=%2Blearning%20%2Bc&gclid=COe65caGgbwCFaxQOgodoSUASA" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://www.cprogramming.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CProgramming.com</a>,<a href="http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Learn C The Hard Way</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">3. C++</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!e66b" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!e66b" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1LzlkL2NwbHVzcGx1cy44OTVhOC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/aee5cfcd/379/cplusplus.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="C Plus Plus" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!e66b" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1LzlkL2NwbHVzcGx1cy44OTVhOC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/aee5cfcd/379/cplusplus.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1LzlkL2NwbHVzcGx1cy44OTVhOC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/aee5cfcd/379/cplusplus.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="C Plus Plus" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> <a href="http://mashable.com/category/c/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">C++</a> is an intermediate-level language with object-oriented programming features, originally designed to enhance the C language. C++ powers major software like <a href="http://mashable.com/category/firefox" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Firefox</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/winamp/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Winamp</a>and Adobe programs. It's used to develop systems software, application software, high-performance server and client applications and video games.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/objective-c-for-iphone-developers/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Udemy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/2b647dd117ef423f81493e2860f967b0?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CPlusPlus.com</a>, <a href="http://www.learncpp.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LearnCpp.com</a>, <a href="http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CProgramming.com</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">4. C#</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!3d93" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!3d93" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1L2EyL2NzaGFycC5mNWFjNC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/d7b52485/97c/csharp.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="C Sharp" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!3d93" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1L2EyL2NzaGFycC5mNWFjNC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/d7b52485/97c/csharp.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE1L2EyL2NzaGFycC5mNWFjNC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/d7b52485/97c/csharp.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="C Sharp" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> Pronounced "C-sharp," C# is a multi-paradigm language developed by <a href="http://mashable.com/category/microsoft/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Microsoft</a> as part of its .NET initiative. Combining principles from C and C++, C# is a general-purpose language used to develop software for Microsoft and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/windows/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Windows</a> platforms.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=C%23&view=list&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_source=adwords&utm_campaign=CSharp-Search-SN&utm_content=Learn&utm_term=learn%20c%23&matchtype=e&tc=ads.search.CSharp-Search-SN.Learn&xref=adwords2&hb=adwords&gclid=CNLOqpOogbwCFeFlOgodYwYA0g" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Udemy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/4930759d839b442eb80de3b25de5afca?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/c-fundamentals-development-for-absolute-beginners#?fbid=o-aUxc5pTi5" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Microsoft Virtual Academy</a>, <a href="http://www.tutorialspoint.com/csharp/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TutorialsPoint.com</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">5. Objective-C</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!68ca" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!68ca" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzFmL29iamVjdGl2ZWMuZjZmOGYuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/56feff20/329/objectivec.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="Objective-C" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image: " data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!68ca" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzFmL29iamVjdGl2ZWMuZjZmOGYuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/56feff20/329/objectivec.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzFmL29iamVjdGl2ZWMuZjZmOGYuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/56feff20/329/objectivec.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Objective-C" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> Objective-C is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language used by the<a href="http://mashable.com/category/apple/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Apple</a> operating system. It powers Apple's <a href="http://mashable.com/category/os-x/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">OS X</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/ios/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">iOS</a>, as well as its <a href="http://mashable.com/category/API" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">APIs</a>, and can be used to create <a href="http://mashable.com/category/iphone/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">iPhone</a> apps, which has generated a huge demand for this once-outmoded programming language.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/objective-c-for-iphone-developers/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Udemy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/fdf786e6e4cf44c3b33f54761b0e21da?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/cocoa/conceptual/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC/Introduction/Introduction.html" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mac Developer Library</a>, <a href="http://cocoadevcentral.com/d/learn_objectivec/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cocoa Dev Central</a>, <a href="http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/iphone/learn-objective-c-day-1/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mobile Tuts+</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">6. PHP</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!56d8" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!56d8" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzJmL1BIUC5iMWIyMy5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/e427d6a9/c13/PHP.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="PHP" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!56d8" data-image="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzJmL1BIUC5iMWIyMy5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/e427d6a9/c13/PHP.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzJmL1BIUC5iMWIyMy5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/e427d6a9/c13/PHP.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="PHP" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> PHP (Hypertext Processor) is a free, server-side scripting language designed for dynamic websites and app development. It can be directly embedded into an <a href="http://mashable.com/category/html/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">HTML</a> source document rather than an external file, which has made it a popular programming language for web developers. PHP powers more than 200 million websites, including <a href="http://mashable.com/category/wordpress/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Wordpress</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/digg/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Digg</a> and<a href="http://mashable.com/category/facebook/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/phpmysql-for-beginners/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Udemy</a>, <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/php" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Codecademy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/88dc7ca364bb4350876f1c0d742bbfe1?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com/join/php?utm_source=google&cid=1352&gclid=CJqvho-Bg7wCFfA7Ogod5iMAwA" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Treehouse</a>, <a href="http://devzone.zend.com/6/php-101-php-for-the-absolute-beginner/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Zend Developer Zone</a>,<a href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/getting-started.php" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">PHP.net</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">7. Python</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!1298" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!1298" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzIzL3B5dGhvbi44NWZhOS5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/479d623c/e09/python.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="Python" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!1298" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzIzL3B5dGhvbi44NWZhOS5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/479d623c/e09/python.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzIzL3B5dGhvbi44NWZhOS5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgkxMjAweDk2MDA-/479d623c/e09/python.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Python" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> <a href="http://mashable.com/category/python/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Python</a> is a high-level, server-side scripting language for websites and mobile apps. It's considered a fairly easy language for beginners due to its readability and compact syntax, meaning developers can use fewer lines of code to express a concept than they would in other languages. It powers the web apps for <a href="http://mashable.com/category/instagram/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/pinterest" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Pinterest</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/rdio/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Rdio</a> through its associated web framework, Django, and is used by <a href="http://mashable.com/category/google+" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Google</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/yahoo/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Yahoo!</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/nasa/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">NASA</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/draft/6955/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Udemy</a>, <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Codecademy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/54da95fb5fe644af9267e9a404541e18?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://www.learnpython.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LearnPython.org</a>, <a href="http://www.python.org/about/gettingstarted/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Python.org</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">8. Ruby</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!cc24" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!cc24" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzU4L3J1YnkuNzc3MWMuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/19e8d6eb/697/ruby.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="Ruby" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!cc24" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzU4L3J1YnkuNzc3MWMuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/19e8d6eb/697/ruby.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2LzU4L3J1YnkuNzc3MWMuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/19e8d6eb/697/ruby.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Ruby" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> A dynamic, object-oriented scripting language for developing websites and mobile apps, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/ruby/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Ruby</a> was designed to be simple and easy to write. It powers the <a href="http://mashable.com/category/ruby-on-rails/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Ruby on Rails</a> (or Rails) framework, which is used on <a href="http://mashable.com/category/scribd/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Scribd</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/github/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">GitHub</a>, <a href="http://mashable.com/category/groupon/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Groupon</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/category/shopify/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Shopify</a>. Like Python, Ruby is considered a fairly user-friendly language for beginners.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/ruby" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Codecademy</a>, <a href="https://www.codeschool.com/paths/ruby?gclid=CO224KiIg7wCFWhnOgodmGwAuw" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Code School</a>, <a href="http://tryruby.org/levels/1/challenges/0" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TryRuby.org</a>, <a href="https://rubymonk.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">RubyMonk</a>.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">9. JavaScript</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!b8e2" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!b8e2" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2L2RlL2phdmFzY3JpcHQuNDJjNWIuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/66caa19b/655/javascript.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="JavaScript" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite. Image:" data-credit-link="http://commons.wikimedia.org" data-credit-name="Wikimedia Commons" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!b8e2" data-image="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2L2RlL2phdmFzY3JpcHQuNDJjNWIuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/66caa19b/655/javascript.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2L2RlL2phdmFzY3JpcHQuNDJjNWIuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/66caa19b/655/javascript.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="JavaScript" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="padding: 0px;">IMAGE: MASHABLE COMPOSITE. IMAGE: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WIKIMEDIA COMMONS</a></div></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> JavaScript is a client and server-side scripting language developed by <a href="http://mashable.com/category/netscape/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Netscape</a> that derives much of its syntax from C. It can be used across multiple web browsers and is considered essential for developing interactive or animated web functions. It is also used in game development and writing desktop applications. JavaScript interpreters are embedded in Google's <a href="http://mashable.com/category/chrome" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Chrome</a> extensions, Apple's <a href="http://mashable.com/category/safari/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;">Safari</a> extensions, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, and Adobe's Creative Suite.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Codecademy</a>, <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/2066084a8ec140e99e8ba6a10bf40b52?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="https://www.codeschool.com/paths/javascript?gclid=CNDzg8eLg7wCFeFlOgodYwYA0g" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Code School</a>, <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-foundations" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Treehouse</a>, <a href="http://www.learn-js.org/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Learn-JS.org</a>.</div><div class="see-also" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.5px; text-transform: uppercase;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;">SEE ALSO: <a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://mashable.com/2012/11/12/javascript/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none;">Is JavaScript the Future of Programming?</a></div></div><h2 style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">10. SQL</h2><br /><figure class="image" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 50px; position: relative;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9032908587932915383" name="m!f88d" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div><div class="microcontent-wrapper" style="clear: left; margin-left: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="" data-fragment="m!f88d" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2L2JkL3NxbDIuMzY1MTUuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/73ec8700/eb1/sql2.jpg" data-url="" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 1px 1px 2px; height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: -5px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-google_plus google_plus" data-active="true" data-gapiattached="true" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #f02f16; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-pinterest pinterest" href="http://mashable.com/2014/01/21/learn-programming-languages/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #bf1e25; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div><img alt="SQL" class="" data-caption="" data-credit-label="Mashable composite." data-credit-link="" data-credit-name="" data-credit-provider="Custom type" data-fragment="m!f88d" data-image="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2L2JkL3NxbDIuMzY1MTUuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/73ec8700/eb1/sql2.jpg" data-micro="1" data-width="640" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzAxLzE2L2JkL3NxbDIuMzY1MTUuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/73ec8700/eb1/sql2.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="SQL" /></div><br /><div class="image-credit" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; color: #777777; float: right; font-size: 0.9rem; font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 18.75px; margin-top: 12px; max-width: 625px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"></div></figure><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>What it is:</strong> Structured Query Language (SQL) is a special-purpose language for managing data in relational database management systems. It is most commonly used for its "Query" function, which searches informational databases. SQL was standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the 1980s.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"><strong>Where to learn it:</strong> <a href="http://www.lynda.com/SharedPlaylist/d35f6f97cacc4debb195901209909a6a?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=slideshare&utm_campaign=top-programming-languages" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lynda.com</a>, <a href="http://www.sqlcourse.com/index.html" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SQLCourse.com</a>, <a href="http://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">TutorialsPoint.com</a>, <a href="http://sqlzoo.net/wiki/Main_Page" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SQLZoo.net</a>.</div>

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<i>Big Data, Simple Guidance</i><br /><i><br /></i> <i>by Microsoft</i><br /><i><br /></i> <i><br /></i> <br /><div class="post-rating" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline-block; float: right; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; margin-top: -6px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="ui-rate" data-configuration="ReadOnly=true" data-contentid="ec8bde6b-330e-432f-9514-ccea263c416f" data-contenttypeid="f7d226ab-d59f-475c-9d22-4a79e3f0ec07" data-initialcount="0" data-initialvalue="0" data-readonly="true"></span></div><div class="post-author" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 36px; padding: 6px 0px; position: relative;"><span class="avatar" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 32px; left: -36px; position: absolute; top: 0px;"><img alt="MSFT for Work" border="0" src="http://i1.social.s-msft.com/profile/u/avatar.jpg?displayname=msft+for+work&size=large" style="background-image: url(http://i1.social.s-msft.com/profile/u/avatar.jpg?displayname=msft+for+work&size=large); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; height: 0px; max-height: 27px; max-width: 27px; overflow: hidden; padding: 32px 0px 0px; width: 32px;" /></span><span class="profile-usercard-hover" data-profile-rendered="true" data-profile-userid="8c1a05b9abc54664b2426a009b49aa4e"><span class="user-name" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://blogs.technet.com/MSFT%20for%20Work/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashx" style="color: #00749e; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">MSFT for Work</a> </span></span></div><div class="post-date" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px 0px; position: relative;"><span class="value" style="margin-left: 3px;">6 Jan 2014 12:49 PM </span></div><div class="post-attributes" style="background-color: white; border-left-width: 0px; color: #2a2a2a; display: inline; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 6px 0px;"><ul class="attribute-list" style="background-image: url(http://i1.blogs.technet.com/themes/technet/Images/icon-sprite2.gif); background-position: 0px -380px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;"><li class="attribute-item post-reply-count" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="attribute-value" style="color: #005ae1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 18px;"><a class="internal-link view-replies" href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/work/archive/2014/01/06/big-data-simple-guidance.aspx?WT.mc_id=CIC_TWITTER_Data_Insights_Mon%20Jan%2006%2020:51:00%20GMT%202014_38604697_MicrosoftSMB#comments" style="color: #00749e; cursor: pointer; font-weight: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">0</a></span></li></ul></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /><div class="post-content user-defined-markup" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 15px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt=" " src="http://blogs.technet.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-00-11/Bigdata.png" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden;" width="215" />Big data is very simple—it’s an extremely large set of data—but the confusing part is knowing what to <i>do </i>with all of that information. Big data can either be a tremendous asset to your business or a time-sapping mire.<a href="http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/big-data-a-practical-definition/d/d-id/1111290?http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/big-data-a-practical-definition/d/d-id/1111290?" style="color: #00749e; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">David McJannet</a>, VP of marketing for Microsoft partner Hortonworks, provides a simplified definition to shed some light on what big data is and why it’s important:<br />Big data is about building new analytic applications based on new types of data, to better serve your customers and drive a better competitive advantage.<br />There are three key reasons data insights are important to your business:<br /><ol><li>You can <b>harvest intelligent data </b>by using data solutions that comb the entire web and gather relevant information to create actionable analytics. Getting the right data is the first step to actionable insights.</li><li><b>Empower employees with real-time insights </b>by delivering data visualization to anyone in your organization. Data will be much more helpful if your employees can use it easily.</li><li><b>Create a connected, data-driven organization </b>that eliminates silos by connecting people through shared processes and data. Open the floodgates and give everyone access to data, and the insights driven by that data.</li></ol>Two departments within most organizations that will be affected by more effective business insights are Marketing and Finance:<br /><ol><li><b>Reimagine Marketing </b>driven by deep customer insights to create engaging, personal advertising. Marketing can be more personal than ever before—one of the best ways for it to work effectively.</li><li><b>Reimagine Finance </b>by translating data into business impact. Assess and control risk, find ways to reduce cost, and strategize growth and competition. Predictive models will enable your business to anticipate changes most businesses were guessing at 10 years ago.</li></ol>Big data is about driving actionable insights for your business. The data-driven organization will be able to better understand their customers and business challenges to provide a competitive advantage.</div>

The 3 reasons why Big Data benefits your business

Big Data, Simple Guidance by Microsoft MSFT for Work   6 Jan 2014 12:49 PM  0 Big data is very simple—it’s an extremely large set of data...

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Doctors will routinely use your DNA to keep you well

<br />by IBM Research<br /><br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/watson/index.shtml">Watson</a> sifted four Terabytes of data to play Jeopardy! Now, it’s sorting even more healthcare data with the likes of <a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40335.wss">WellPoint</a>, <a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/37235.wss">Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center</a>, <a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/42214.wss">MD Anderson Cancer Center</a>, and <a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/watson/watsonpaths.shtml">Cleveland Clinic</a>. Next, IBM predicts that <a href="http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibm_predictions_for_future/ideas/">over the next five years</a>, similar cognitive systems will help doctors unlock the Big Data of DNA to pin point cancer therapy for their patients.</i><br /><br /><br />Already, full DNA sequencing is helping some patients fight cancer. For example, Dr. Lukas Wartman famously <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/health/in-gene-sequencing-treatment-for-leukemia-glimpses-of-the-future.html">beat leukemia</a> using treatments that were tailored to the DNA mutations of his cancer cells. While previous leukemia treatments had failed, full genome sequencing of Wartman’s healthy cells and cancer cells revealed that a drug normally used for kidney cancer might work. It did.<br /><br /><br />This breakthrough has led to tremendous advances in cancer therapy based on DNA mutations, rather than simply the location of the cancer in the body.<br /><br /><br />But today, <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata/">Big Data</a> can get in the way of these breakthroughs for patients because doctors must correlate data from full genome sequencing with reams of medical journals, studies and clinical records at a time when medical information is doubling every five years. This process is expensive and time-consuming, and available to too few patients.<br /><br /><br />IBM is building <a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/why-cognitive-systems.shtml">cognitive systems</a> connected in the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/">cloud</a> to bring these tailored treatment options to more patients around the world. The speed of these insights through cognitive systems could save the lives of cancer patients who have no time to lose.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_research_zurich/11356285433/lightbox/">View the storymap</a><br /> How to personalize cancer treatment<br /><br /><br />Once a doctor sequences your full genome as well as your cancer’s DNA, mapping that information to the right treatment is difficult. Today, these types of DNA-based plans, where available, can take weeks or even months. Cognitive systems will decrease these times, while increasing the availability by providing doctors with information they can use to quickly build a focused treatment plan in just days or even minutes – all via the cloud.<br /><br /><br />Within five years, deep insights based on DNA sequencing will be accessible to more doctors and patients to help tackle cancer. By using cognitive systems that continuously learn about cancer and the patients who have cancer, the level of care will only improve. No more assumptions about cancer location or type, or any disease with a DNA link, like heart disease and stroke.

Doctors will routinely use your DNA to keep you well

by IBM Research Watson sifted four Terabytes of data to play Jeopardy! Now, it’s sorting even more healthcare data with the likes of WellPo...

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Which Of The Five Types Of Data Science Does Your Startup Need?

by <a class="navbar-brand" href="http://ttunguz.github.io/" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f02425; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">TOMASZ TUNGUZ</a><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><a href="http://tomtunguz.com/images/image_12_765216643" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;"><img alt="facepalm-1024x442.png" src="http://tomtunguz.com/images/image_12_765216643" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: middle; width: 555.375px;" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Credit: <a href="http://strata.oreilly.com/2013/04/why-why-why.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;">O'Reilly</a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Startups, you are doing <a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/09/28/notice-to-startups-you-are-doing-data-science-wrong/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;">data science wrong</a>. That’s the title of a post penned by Ryan Weald in GigaOm this week. Weald echoes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Data-Jujitsu-Turning-Product-ebook/dp/B008HMN5BE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380728736&sr=8-1&keywords=dj+patil" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;">DJ Patil’s idea</a>: “product-focused data science is different than the current business intelligence style of data science.”</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Weald points to a different model of data scientist, an engineer, not a statistician, who can perform queries and based upon some insights, improve the product with a few code changes and a push to git.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;">I like Weald’s post but disagree on one point. I don’t think there is one type of data scientist, but five.</div><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Quantitative, exploratory data scientists tend to have PhDs and use theory to understand behavior. I count Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, and Redpoint’s own <a href="https://twitter.com/jamiedavidson" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; text-decoration: none;">Jamie Davidson</a>, among them. Varian’s team researches the advertiser dynamics within the ads auction and compares those dynamics to theoretical auction models like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickrey_auction" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; text-decoration: none;">Vickery auction</a>. By combining theory and exploratory research, these data scientists improve products.</div></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Operational data scientists often work in the finance, sales or operations teams at Google. In the AdSense ops team where I started, we had a star data analyst who each week would discuss our team’s performance: our email response times, the satisfaction scores of our publishers, and changes in publisher behavior by segment. His work provided a feedback loop to improve the team’s tactics and efficiency. Only infrequently were these insights used to influence product.</div></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Product data scientists tend to belong to product management or engineering. This is the group of data scientists Weald writes about. PMs and engineers sift through logs and analysis tools to understand the way users interact a product and leverage that knowledge to refine the product. At Google, the ads quality team analyzed user clicks data to improve ad targeting.</div></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Marketing data scientists segment the user base, evaluate the performance of advertising campaigns, match product features to customer segments, and design content marketing campaigns. The marketing data scientist creates awareness and leads for the sales team, helping generate revenue.</div></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Research data scientists create insights as a product. Nate Silver is arguably the most famous of them. Silver’s work doesn’t influence a product; the analysis is the product itself. Sometimes the data science leads to a thought leadership whitepaper, or a blog post, or a financial report. It’s rarer for startups to employ research scientists because the output isn’t tied to revenue. But larger companies like Google do, think tanks do, financial institutions do.</div></li></ol><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;">These five types of data scientists span almost every department of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040;">knowledge work</a>. Sometime in the past thirty years, data science became inextricable from the day-to-day operation of these teams. Product, marketing, eng, sales all use data to make decisions. These teams use data to identify, understand and implement feedback loops and to reinforce the behavior a company desires.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;">To talk about data scientists might be too myopic. Your startup may need a research data scientist or one with a PhD. Or it may need an engineer with an understanding of basic statistics who can work up and down the Rails stack. Or another type all together.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: nimbus-sans-1, nimbus-sans-2; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;">Like any role, when hiring or recruiting a data scientist it’s important to identify what the key problems facing the business and the relevant skills the right candidate will need to solve those challenges.</div>

Which Of The Five Types Of Data Science Does Your Startup Need?

by  TOMASZ TUNGUZ  Credit:  O'Reilly Startups, you are doing  data science wrong . That’s the title of a post penned by Ryan Weald in Gi...

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Are You Recruiting A Data Scientist, Or Unicorn?

<header style="background-color: white; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Guest blog by <a class="color-link" href="http://www.informationweek.com/author-bio.asp?author_id=757" style="border: 0px; color: #003d57; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Jeff Bertolucci, ">Jeff Bertolucci</a> (InformationWeek)</header><div class="divsplitter" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 1.5em; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><span class="strong medium black" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.33333em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.1875em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Many companies need to stop looking for a unicorn and start building a data science team, says CEO of data applications firm Lattice.</span><br /><div class="divsplitter" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 1.5em; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">The emergence of big data as an insight-generating (and potentially revenue-generating) engine for enterprises has many management teams asking: Do we need an in-house data scientist?</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">According to Shashi Upadhyay, CEO of Lattice, a big data applications provider, it doesn't make sense for organizations to hire a single data scientist, for a variety of reasons. If your budget can swing it, a data science team is the way to go. If not, data science apps may be the next best thing. "If you look at any industry, the top 10 companies can afford to have data scientists, and they should build data science teams," Upadhyay told InformationWeek in a phone interview.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">But the solution is less clear for smaller organizations. "The pattern that I've seen now, having done this for over six years, is that very often medium-sized companies think of the problem as, 'I need to go and get me one data scientist,'" said Upadhyay.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[Guidelines aim to combat potential misuse of big data. Read <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/news/big-data-analytics/data-scientists-create-code-of-professio/240162320?itc=edit_in_body_cross" style="color: #043464; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Data Scientists Create Code Of Professional Conduct.</a>]</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">But the shortage of data scientists, a problem that's only <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/wanted-qualified-data-scientists-people/240115300" style="color: #043464; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">expected to worsen</a>in the next few years, makes that approach a risky proposition.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">For example, a company may hire one or two people, Upadhyay said, "but before you know it, because the supply for this talent group is so far behind demand, they have lost this person [who] has gone to the next company. And all of a sudden, all that good work is lost. And you ask yourself, 'Why did that happen? And how can I manage against it?'"</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">One common problem, he noted, is that companies simply don't understand data scientists and how they work. The job generally requires knowledge of a wide array of technical disciplines, including analytics, computer science, modeling, and statistics. "They also tend to be fairly conversant in business issues," Upadhyay added.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">But it's often difficult to find these divergent skills in a single human being. "It's a little bit like looking for a unicorn," Upadhyay said.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">When medium-sized companies -- those that fall below the top five in a given industry, for instance -- hire just one or two data scientists, they often can't provide a long-term career path for those people within the company. As a result, the data scientists get frustrated and move onto the next thing.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">In Silicon Valley, where data scientists command six-figure salaries and are in great demand, it's very difficult to retain talented people.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">The better solution? Build a team.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">"You will absolutely get a benefit if you hire a data science team," said Upadhyay. "Go all the way [and] commit to creating a creating a career path for them. And if you do it that way, you will get the right kind of talent because people will want to work for you."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">Smaller companies that can't afford data science teams should consider big data applications instead. The biggest firms -- in Upadhyay's words, "the Dells, HPs, and Microsofts of the world" -- can take both approaches: data science teams and big data apps.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">The team approach seems to be winning. "I rarely see teams that are one or two people in size," Upadhyay observed. "Obviously people have those teams, but they tend to evaporate over time. Until they get to a team of 10 people or more, [companies] can't justify it."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">So what does a data science team cost, and what's the payoff?</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #413f41; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08333em; line-height: 1.38462em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;">Upadhyay offered this example: Say you hire a team of 10 data scientists with an average annual cost of $150,000 per employee. "That's $1.5 million for a data science team," he said. 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