Econ Consulting to Data Analytics or MS Data science?
Apr 4
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I want to switch to the tech industry.
I pursued a math and econ major in my undergrad. I have research experience from my undergrad, data science internship at a tech-healthcare startup and have been working as a research associate for the past 1.5 years doing Economic Consulting.
I am an international student with H1B. I have gotten into the NYU MS Data Science program. I am wondering if I should apply for data analyst roles and then try to switch to DS? Or should I go to NYU MSDS program?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
#data #dataanalytics #datascience
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In general
1. Experimentation - look for ds product analyst
2. Causal inference and statistical modeling - research scientist. Usually needs a phd.
3. Machine learning - ai scientist, applied scientist, mle. Some companies hire ds for this skill set and just use them as cheaper, less proficient mle.
If you’re really worried about machine learning then just read “intro to statistical learning” or “elements of statistical learning”. “Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow” is helpful as well.
The things that will most likely prevent you from landing a job are the lack of a phd and lack of practical experience with experimentation for internet product’s
Are there any roles at meta which you might refer me for?