It's been interesting to see Rstudio pivot into Posit and embrace Python.
So now you've got Posit with an environment for R and Python. And Anaconda as an environment manager for R and Python.
I've seen SAS folks respond to posts about Posit by saying, sensibly, "or just get Viya, and you get R and Python and SAS!".
I joined a Posit community call a couple weeks ago. The chat was full of anti-SAS rhetoric, and also plenty of anti-Python sentiment as well. It seems like the R community saw themselves as a SAS-killer a few years ago, but now they feel a bit like Python has overpassed them. Meanwhile, SAS is embracing open-source more than R folks. : )
Sorry to hear your not in a SAS shop anymore, @Reeza . Glad you're still active in the community!
I hadn't thought about the marketplace for hiring candidates, but that makes sense as a business issue.
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