Developer Economics Survey: Data Science, Machine Learning Are Most-Wanted Skills -- ADTmag

While perhaps not offering new conclusions about the hottest technologies in the software development arena, a new Developer Economics survey from SlashData provides more hard evidence that data science and machine learning are the top skills developers want to learn. SlashData describes itself as an analyst for the developer economy, helping enterprises understand software developer audiences and measure the ROI of their developer strategies. To that end, it recently conducted the 15th edition of its Developer Economics survey of more than 20,500 developers in 167 countries. "Data science is the top skill to learn in 2019," SlashData said. It noted that 45 percent of developers want to gain expertise in data science and machine learning, with other most-wanted skills including UI design (33 percent) and cloud-native development (25 percent).