How to get experience working with large data sets http://www.philwhln.com/how-to-get-experience-working-with-large-datasets Quora www.quora.com/Data/Where-can-I-find-large-datasets-open-to-the-public -- very good collection of links DataMobs http://datamob.org/datasets KDNuggets http://www.kdnuggets.com/datasets/ Research Pipeline http://www.researchpipeline.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Pag