Big Data Skills Pay Top Dollar

I ran across this NetworkWorld article on tech salaries.  Front and center is Big Data.  Nine of the top 10 highest paying IT salaries are for skills relating to Big Data.  With the petabytes of structured and unstructured data out there and organizations desperate to mine it to help them better achieve their objectives, Big Data developers and scientists are going to be in high demand for the foreseeable future.  If you're pondering career choices or changes, consider something in the Big Data field as an option.