The Data Explosion: Why Now is the Perfect Time to Dive into Data Skills
In 2018 Forbes estimated that 90 percent of the world’s data had been created in the previous two years. The explosive growth in data has not slowed down since then, with four times as much data created in 2023 compared to 2018. This article will guide you through the scale of data growth, the impact on various industries, and how you can benefit from building or refining your ability to work with data.The scale of data growthIn 2010 the world produced 2 zettabytes of data. A zettabyte is one trillion gigabytes of data. To try to grasp such an enormous number,…