Dice, a site supporting technical jobseekers, has produced a 2-minute video about R. It's intended as advice to graduates seeking a career in the analytics sector (the advice: R is growing fast, so you'd better learn it!) but it also serves as an entertaining, if quirky, general introduction to R.
The accompanying article (linked below) is also a good overview of R for anyone who isn't sure what it is or why it's important.
"I love that word - analytics... analyticssss... it's so... technical..."
Posted by: Stephan Kolassa | April 17, 2009 at 09:15
It's funny, I keep hearing this, but I wonder if there is a good aggregator for R jobs. There is a mailing list, but it gets maybe 1-2 emails per month. Are there good job search engines that incorporate positions that would require or desire R?
Posted by: knutmrs | April 17, 2009 at 15:27
If you want more R emails, join some of the other R mailing lists, there are many (see http://www.r-project.org/mail.html). For example, the Bioconductor mailing list is extremely active and not listed, but to learn more about how R is used in the life sciences go to Bioconductor.org.
Posted by: Ryan Brinkman | April 17, 2009 at 17:29
He was talking about R job aggregators, not general R mailing lists. I'm interested in this too, as this is one of the main things I am looking for in a job - I will be miserable if I get a job where I have to use SAS!!
Posted by: Doug | April 20, 2009 at 06:01
Sounds like there's a lot of interest in a listing of jobs that require R skills. This is something we'll think about for a feature on the blog. Thanks!
Posted by: David Smith | April 20, 2009 at 08:20