Stats Edu and Jobs

Many readers find this blog by searching the web for info on stats education and career advice. I’ll collect my relevant posts here.

Statistics education and careers, in general:

Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University:

My experiences as a PhD student in Statistics:

Relevant posts by others:

2 thoughts on “Stats Edu and Jobs

  1. Hi
    I am a budding statistician pursuing my bachelors from India. I want to know the options that are open to me after my undergraduation and what all I can take up after the same.

  2. Hi~ I also want to ask about graduate studies in Statistics. I majored in actuarial science for my undergraduate study. After graduation, I have worked for 7 years… 5 years in stochastic modeling in an insurance company and then 1 year in investment, 1 year in actuarial consultancy. I only started to explore my interest in the recent 2-3 years. And I concluded that I enjoy coding and statistics related stuff. I took some open courses on machine learning in my leisure time but in the end decided that I prefer structured learning. I do think that ultimately we’ll need to do self-learning, but I would very much like to have some intense structured learning to lay the foundation. Now I’m planning to apply for master studies in Statistics or machine learning related areas. I like the machine learning master program by CMU but not sure whether the program would consider candidates with my background.

    Generally I find myself not interested in “management” skills, which is what I would need to develop if I continue with my career. Not much to learn on technical side, mainly need to pick up more and more on people and project management. So I’ve been wondering whether I might like the academic type jobs. But I guess it’s a bit too late for me to pursue that path. I think with a Sta master, if I go back to industry, maybe in the end I’ll face the same “management skill” issue after a few years… though I think at least by then the self-learning I do would be job related and things can move altogether to a direction I want.

    Um… I guess I’m just kind of lost… typed a lot of things without really saying asking anything meaningful 🙂

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