The changing landscape for analytical talent
Pythonistas! Everywhere! eFinancialCareers have hit the nail on the head with their aptly titled: " Forget Excel: banks want Python monkeys now " which has this data point in it: "around 50% of incoming analyst classes have some knowledge of Python coding". Meanwhile, in other recent news, Accountancy Age, in their article " PwC’s rising star " acknowledge this year's Britihs Accountancy Award winner, Harry Pampiglione, as having developed a proprietary Python model for optimising pricing. This analysis earned the firm a six-figure fee, and has subsequently been productised. Harry's qualifications include Alteryx Core and Udemy's Python for Data Science and Machine Learning. So what's the moral of the story here? A knee-jerk, instant reaction might say … "Go enrol in Python for Financiers"! But that is kind of losing sight of the wood for the trees. Take a moment and step back … with this diagram: Source: Beauti