In the early days of Big Data, around two years ago, data scientists were technology heroes, weaving prototypes from their laptops by combining skills from across a dizzying range of disciplines. Bitly’s chief scientist Hilary Mason famously referred to these people as the “awesome nerds,” spinning magic before our eyes from a massive data universe.

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