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How helpful is a quant job in Goldman Sachs for later PhD in Machine Learning?
I am a masters in Computer Science and am interested in pursuing a career in Machine Learning, possibly academic, in the long run.
I have been offered a position related to Financial Modelling at ...
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How important is domain knowledge in our profession?
or: Does selecting a domain when entering a job narrows your future options for domains and hence jobs ?
To make this question as broadly applicable as possible ...
profession refers to all kinds ...
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How far will self study get me?
I have never taken part in an official or structured data analysis or machine learning course (other than recent online offerings) and have learned most of what I know from reading and trying things ...
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Machine Learning Master Thesis Proposals Suitable for Market? [closed]
I have started to a MS program at Computer Engineering. This is my first year and it is a 2 year program. I want to do a master thesis about Machine Learning (I have a artificial intelligence and ...
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What questions is your data team hoping to answer? [closed]
I'm interested in hearing about what statistics problems other data teams are trying to tackle. For me, I have data on energy usage in the United States, and we are trying to figure out ways to ...
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What statistical tools does a analyst (financial) require?
I just graduated in engineering where I have a very strong background in pure maths, but unfortunately I didnt study any statistics in my course. I know calculus, probability theory, measure theory, ...
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PhD vs MS in biostatistics [closed]
What are the benefits of getting a PhD vs a masters in biostatistics (besides being a professor)? Will the first job will be the same for both levels? Does the PhD in biostatistics really make a ...
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Skills & coursework needed to be a data analyst
I am graduating with a bachelor's degree in applied math and I will pursue a master's degree in statistics this fall.
There are many specialized fields in applied statistics. I realize I may be more ...
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Having a job in data-mining without a PhD
I've been very interested in data-mining and machine-learning for a while, partly because I majored in that area at school, but also because I am truly much more excited trying to solve problems that ...
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Programmer looking to break into machine learning field
I am a software developer (mostly .NET and Python about 5 years experience). What can I do to help me get a job in the machine learning field or really anything that will get me started in that field? ...
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What theories should every statistician know?
I'm thinking of this from a very basic, minimal requirements perspective. What are the key theories an industry (not academic) statistician should know, understand and utilize on a regular basis?
A ...
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What do statisticians do that can't be automated?
Will software eventually make statisticians obsolete? What is done that can't be programmed into a computer?
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Advice For Graduate Students in Statistics
I have started my PhD in statistics this year, and I am looking for your best-practices, advice and (meta-advises) regarding how to grow and become a good academic researcher in the fields of ...
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What data and statistics skills are currently in high demand and where are they in high demand?
I have a job doing data analysis in finance. My current job is such that I don't have much exposure to things happening in the rest of my industry or other industries. I have a fair amount of ...
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How to come up with research questions in statistical theory? [closed]
(I think this question is appropriate as a community wiki? If not, please close it, no hard feelings.)
Does anybody have links to webpages/PDF files of advice for grad students in statistical theory ...
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Resume buzz words
It has come to my attention that companies will rank resumes based on buzz words and only look at those that have high scores assuming enough people submit for the position.
I don't like this system ...
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What is it that a statistician does?
When I tell my non-statistical friends I am a grad student pursuing a PhD in statistics they naturally say "oh so you want to be a professor?". I tell them no I actually plan to work in industry. ...
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degree to become a statistician [closed]
what is the minimum entry degree to be employed as a statistician
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Obtaining SAS experience
I have been looking at analyst job postings and one of the most common requirement is experience of SAS.
Unless your organisation currently uses SAS, how can you train as a SAS user?
What ...
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What are some possible career options? [closed]
I completed a BA and MA in political science at a large state school five years ago. Since then, I've developed skills in R, SQL, Python, Perl, and Matlab, and continue to learn new things every day. ...
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Data Analysis Work— Is there Any Freelance Opportunity? [closed]
Just wonder, is there any data analysis/ statistic/ data mining work that are available on freelance basis?
This could be subjective and argumentative, which is why I put it as CW.
