What do first-year non-traditional non-FAANG data scientists earn?

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May 23, 2021 9 Comments

I'm in a bootcamp-like data science program for non-CS doctorate holders. It's pretty intense; 5 hours every Saturday.

Picking up lots of Python that most people here probably learned during childhood. I'm really enjoying it but have no idea if it will lead to work - I've been an Excel monkey doing operations work for many years.

I'm not young and will not be recruited like undergrad seniors are. But if this leads to a basic first year data science offer, what kind of salary range am I looking at, realistically? What kind of offer would be so low that I should turn it down immediately as they'd be taking advantage of my ignorance of the market?

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  • 100-150K
    May 23, 2021 6
    • even at our bank, there are ex-grocery store owner, flight attendant, math teacher, etc who are now data analysts
      May 23, 2021
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      @Citibank - that is great to hear. I'm going to keep plugging away at this class and then apply for jobs when I'm finished. 100k would be a gigantic raise for me; a number that my job now will never, ever pay me.
      May 24, 2021
  • My guess is only like 1/5 people here started to learn programming from childhood? I’m not sure about the exact ratio (do a poll if you’re curious), but you’re definitely wrong about assuming most people here learned programming from childhood…
    May 23, 2021 1
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      I was sort of exaggerating there; I'm over 40, did my first CS class when Python barely existed, and see today's teenagers as "kids".
      May 23, 2021