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Working with Real-Time Analytics as a Service (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the knowledge-you-might-need-someday-even-if-you-don't-need-it-now dept.

This is wide-ranging interview with Dev Patel and Poulomi Damany of BitYota, an Analytics as a Service startup that works specifically with MongoDB. Open Source? Not yet. But hopefully soon, they say. And why should an IT person or programmer care about marketing-oriented analytics? Because the more you know about functions in your company besides IT (such as finance, investor relations, and -- yes -- marketing), the more valuable you are as an employee. Dev also mentions the two main things he looks for when recruiting for BitYota: "One is intellect, and the other is attitude." He points out that this is not true merely of BitYota, but of any strong startup. This is all good information for any job-seeker hoping to land a spot with a startup -- and for anyone who is happy with where he or she works but hopes to earn promotions and raises, too.

4 of 15 comments (clear)

  1. MongoDB by GWXerog · · Score: 2

    Is it web scale?

  2. Yeah, right... by QRDeNameland · · Score: 2

    Because the more you know about functions in your company besides IT (such as finance, investor relations, and -- yes -- marketing), the more valuable you are as an employee.

    Right, because every place I've ever worked in IT, they've been totally transparent and forthcoming about finance, marketing, and investor relations to make the people in the trenches more valuable. Oh wait, no, that never happened....

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  3. remember by napulist · · Score: 2

    you must be interested in everything, especially the shit that we have to sell! be excited! be excited about everything! nothing less than your value as a person is at stake!

  4. Valuable employee by manu0601 · · Score: 2

    Summary says

    the more you know about functions in your company besides IT (such as finance, investor relations, and -- yes -- marketing), the more valuable you are as an employee.

    Call them old-fashioned, but some employers actually prefer employees to focus on their area of expertise. If there is something to know about other fields, the employers has other experts that will tell what is needed.