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Comment by angdis | Hacker News Reader

R is very much in demand these days. You definitely will want to leverage that skillset/experience.

Focusing on being a "web developer" will merely put you in a ocean of millions of qualified candidates, but being a web-dev who can do things like data-analysis, perhaps info-visualization, and who is conversant in scientific domains can give you a significant edge.

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I was thinking the same thing, but from what I can tell there seems to be significantly more opportunities for a web-dev rather than someone that specializes in R. Or I might just be looking in the wrong places...

No, you're looking in the right places if you're finding R related jobs.

Here's the thing: Only you can do the the R jobs, all the web developers can do the webdev stuff.

I'm sure you're awesome. Don't sell your self short and chase webdev jobs that I can pay someone over seas 15k a year to do. Focus on the R stuff, but you're going to have to push a little hard and find a better fit.

When every key fits a lock the key isn't worth much. When you're one of the few keys that fit the lock, you're worth a lot to the right lock owner.

Great advice. The R stuff is definitely an ideal route since I already have some stats and data analysis experience. At this point it's just a matter of getting a bit more familiar with the industry and figuring how to find these types of jobs.

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