RE: Help me decide on a major
September 24, 2013 at 5:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2013 at 5:24 pm by JesusHChrist.)
You're welcome AC. I hope it works out for you.
It's good you are asking these questions before committing and it gets to be too late to change your mind.
I don't know how strong finance is now. When I graduated back in the 80s, I went into IT because it paid a lot better then. I think that is even more true now, but I don't know for sure. Turns out I liked IT work better than finance so it was good choice for me.
On the data scientist route, here's a link as an example of the field's "hotness". Programming skills frequently come in handy though, so you might find it required. Programming also helps one think logically, clearly and completely.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513...-new-role/
It's good you are asking these questions before committing and it gets to be too late to change your mind.
I don't know how strong finance is now. When I graduated back in the 80s, I went into IT because it paid a lot better then. I think that is even more true now, but I don't know for sure. Turns out I liked IT work better than finance so it was good choice for me.
On the data scientist route, here's a link as an example of the field's "hotness". Programming skills frequently come in handy though, so you might find it required. Programming also helps one think logically, clearly and completely.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513...-new-role/
Quote:Cloudera’s education program director, Mark Morissey, says a skills shortage is looming and that “the market is not going to grow at the rate it currently wants to.” That has driven salaries up. In Silicon Valley, salaries for entry-level data scientists are around $110,000 to $120,000.
