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Forum ยป Datacels/Codecels, GTFIH

View Poll Results: Which One Should I Learn?

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post 1654286743 01-13-2022, 06:46 PM
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Datacels/Codecels, GTFIH

Which is better to learn for a career in BI/Business Analytics - R or Python? My firm will provide training resources for one or the other, but not both, and is indifferent to which one I learn.
post 1654287283 01-13-2022, 07:00 PM
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I voted Python but honestly if you are going into data analytics then you need to be muti-lingual. Learn both R and Python and depending on the nature of your work also learn Julia. But R and Python are good to have under your belt. Have your firm pay for training in Python and learn R on your own. This way, if you leave for another firm and your new employer wants you to only use R then you will be good to go. Other proprietary tools like Power BI and Tableau is also useful to have but your company needs to purchase them for you.
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post 1654288013 01-13-2022, 07:17 PM
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It kind of depends on the tasks. For statistics, data munging, and visualization - R is kickass. For

DNN's, web apps, and general computing tasks - Python is kickass
post 1654288623 01-13-2022, 07:32 PM
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Python has way more utility....
post 1654291843 01-13-2022, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted By J.L.C.⏩
It kind of depends on the tasks. For statistics, data munging, and visualization - R is kickass. For

DNN's, web apps, and general computing tasks - Python is kickass
Soudns like R is the way to go for me, then. Most of my job is working with Excel/CSV files and then visualizing data to tell a story with it. I'm not deep in ML/Deep Learning, web scraping, etc. Just automating Excel calcs and graphs + stats explaining what happened in the business
post 1654292043 01-13-2022, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted By jumpman023⏩
Soudns like R is the way to go for me, then. Most of my job is working with Excel/CSV files and then visualizing data to tell a story with it. I'm not deep in ML/Deep Learning, web scraping, etc. Just automating Excel calcs and graphs + stats explaining what happened in the business
R makes some great visuals that are easily deployed.

If they'll pay for a decent course that would be a great start! Most of the learning comes when you start applying it to your actual data and work - good times ahead!

Once you get the hang of one object oriented language, the learning curve for another is much less steep.
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