{"id":41,"date":"2018-05-18T13:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T13:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amitysoft.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T08:38:59","slug":"skill-set-required-for-a-big-data-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitysoft.com\/blog\/skill-set-required-for-a-big-data-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Skill Set Required for a Big Data Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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finance or economics.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amitysoft.com\/hadoop-training-in-chennai.html\"><strong>Big Data professional should possess analytical<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> technical and soft skills, irrespective of the specialization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amitysoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bigdata.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69 size-full\" title=\"Skill Set Required for a Big Data Professional\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amitysoft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bigdata.jpg\" alt=\"Skill Set Required for a Big Data Professional\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical_Skills\"><\/span><strong>Technical Skills<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Introductory knowledge of programming skills in Python, R, Java, Ruby, Matlab, Pig, or SQL<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of <a 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