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Hey fishes, please help me out on which company to join.
YOE - 2.5
Stack - Java, Springboot, API development
Offers - TCS (14 lpa), T-systems (14 lpa)
I’m looking for good wlb, good office culture but also steady growth and learning in terms of technical stack. Please provide suggestions.
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Got messaged by a C3 . ai recruiter. Read that wlb is bad and that the interview process is absurdly long, but the Glassdoor reviews are 4.2 and can't find actual hours worked posted by anyone. How's the culture really? I'd be aiming for DS consulting, something more functional but with DS/ML concepts as my differentiator.
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Not really. Dying tech
I tend to see it in insurance and life sciences/Healthcare. However feel like even these industries are moving towards open source slowly
True, but definitely transitioning to open source as well. I've worked quite a few federal projects translating SAS to an r/python script.
In demand in the way COBOL developers are in demand. Some orgs REALLY need people to maintain existing code so if you can find them, you’re probably in research or supporting public policy decisions and you’ll be in demand. At large, no, R And even Stata seem to be more popular in research and industry than a SAS shop looking to staff up more SASers.
Transition to R instead
That’s also dying, though very slowly. Python for sure
SAS has moved beyond just their base applications and native programming language
While their language may not be as relevant as leading open source ones, they allow for writing code in NoSql, Python, R, and other languages, and minimize risk for organizations since all packages are vetted and the algorithms/calculations are highly auditable for regulatory compliance purposes
They've been making a comeback with a lot of innovation around point and click analytics software and their suite of tools (i.e. SAS Viya on the cloud, Customer Insights 360 which topped Gartner's quadrant)
As regulations increase to require explainable AI and model development, a lot of SAS products will remain preferable
I've met a lot of people that have been sold SAS Viya and none of them that liked it.
Noticed some banks in Ireland use it as well. Was just asking cos I might need it for my next project. Thanks for all the responses.
Lots of US banks use it. I was a SAS programmer as an analyst at BofA, and the rest of the big banks primarily used SAS as well. That was 2015 when I left.
The hard part for SAS moving forward is cost related. They can add lots of functionality, but it is really expensive. They're competing in the cloud space these days with companies that have essentially endless supplies of money and can price very aggressively against them. A friend who runs analytics at a large portco switched them from SAS to Azure b/c it saved him more than 50% a year and he got more from MS in the deal (seconded data scientists thrown in for 6 months to help build flask apps).
I have seen it used for some US government financial modeling projects as well
My firm uses it exclusively for supply chain optimization projects. Boutique firm but has household name clients.
It would definitely get you hired. It would not give you career progression, however. The senior levels are not good at SAS.
Firm uses it because it's a "one source of truth" for production purposes. They can just outsource its administration.