A lot of commenters here seem to have missed this: "The really disruptive thing about Kaggle, though, comes through the company's new service, Kaggle Connect. Here, Kaggle acts as a match-maker, where customers with a specific problem can hire a specific data scientist well-suited to their problem; candidates are drawn the top tier of Kaggle participants: the top 1/2 of 1 percent, or about 500 data scientists."
The competitions are a good way to learn, practice, and get feedback on your methods. Kaggle Connect is where you can make a good living while doing a range of interesting work.
The competitions are a good way to learn, practice, and get feedback on your methods. Kaggle Connect is where you can make a good living while doing a range of interesting work.
(I work for, and compete on Kaggle).