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Back in the late nineties, when statisticians apparently decided coding was cool, R emerged as a sort of open-source rebellion against the expensive, proprietary statistical packages dominating the landscape. It promised a flexible environment for data analysis, visualization, and, let’s be honest, a frankly alarming degree of customizability. The reality? It’s a bit like building a car from spare parts – incredibly powerful if you really know what you’re doing, but prone to unexpected breakdowns and requiring constant tinkering.

Compared to Python, which has become the darling of the machine learning crowd, R remains stubbornly focused on statistical computing. While Python strives for general-purpose dominance, R happily wallows in its niche, beloved by academics, biostatisticians, and anyone who enjoys wrestling with package dependencies. It’s still surprisingly relevant, powering much of the statistical rigor behind everything from clinical trials to financial modeling. Though one suspects many users are still running code written on floppy disks.

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Associate Data Analyst (New Graduate, Thai Speaking) (Bangkok Based) @ agoda

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Senior Data Analyst (Bangkok Based, relocation provided) @ agoda

BR | 2025-12-28
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Marketing, Data Science, Computer Science, SAS, R, SPSS, Python, VBA, SQL, Tableau
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Cientista de Dados / Híbrido - Rio de Janeiro/RJ @ capco

BR | 2025-12-27
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