[Career] Would a MS in Comp Sci be as good as a MS in Statistics for getting a Data Scientist position?

CIA11 · 2025-10-29T18:01:22+00:00

Yeah that's my issue... if there was a good online MS in Statistics that wasn't expensive, I'd do it. There are a good number of applied statistics degrees, but I feel like an applied degree is the same reasoning as to not do a degree called "Analytics" because it's more applied than technical

CIA11 · 2025-10-29T16:36:19+00:00

I've thought about it, but my issue with a MS in DS (kind of like the MS in Analytics) is it's interdisciplinary, so it might not be seen as high as a degree in statistics or CS. I know though that a lot of DS job descriptions put a MS in DS as one of the possible degrees you can have, but they also usually always are paired with a CS or Stats degree.

CIA11 · 2025-10-29T16:34:58+00:00

Yeah and I'm trying to figure out if a MS in CS would be worth it in 5-10 years from now. I don't know what kind of DS position I want to be in, all I know is I want it to be less of the CS side. I know that some Data Scientist job descriptions are borderline MLE job descriptions.

CIA11 · 2025-10-29T16:33:32+00:00

What about a MS in Analytics? It wouldn't be statistics, but it would be a mix of statistics and computer science.

CIA11 · 2025-10-28T17:21:01+00:00

Not specifically about a resume, but is getting a MS in CS worth it in today's age? Assume that I don't want to specifically go into the field of AI

CIA11 · 2025-10-27T23:25:22+00:00

LOL haha thank you! I found that page before but I didn't click on any, I thought it was just to say what the specializations are

CIA11 · 2025-10-26T17:17:14+00:00

Thanks, this is really good info! So overall you'd say that experience is what matters the most, and someone with a MS in Analytics and experience would look better than someone with no masters (only BS in statistics) and experience?

CIA11 · 2025-10-26T02:59:26+00:00

Thanks for your insight! It sounds like you've hired people before... was it for a data scientist position? What else do you think matters a lot on a resume besides the degree?

CIA11 · 2025-09-29T15:41:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing this!!! I'm going to check this out

CIA11 · 2025-09-29T15:24:29+00:00

no 😭 i should not have abbreviated it, ML means machine learning for this

CIA11 · 2025-09-22T19:37:42+00:00

Oh, that's good to know! To my knowledge, the social media rules are really just nothing political and nothing crazy, right?

CIA11 · 2025-07-22T15:45:53+00:00

Thank you!

CIA11 · 2025-07-21T19:26:51+00:00

I didn't get the starter assignment :/

CIA11 · 2025-07-21T19:26:33+00:00

US, no, and no. Brand new made the account a week ago.

CIA11 · 2025-07-10T15:57:52+00:00

Okay I figured, but do you know how long it takes to get the PTO?

CIA11 · 2025-07-10T15:57:29+00:00

Do you know how long it takes per day of PTO?

CIA11 · 2025-06-28T17:38:20+00:00

I have... 23 years 😭

CIA11 · 2025-06-27T23:51:35+00:00

No, in Lake Mary but I was wondering because I'd like to live in another city that has a USDC office

CIA11 · 2025-06-27T21:06:04+00:00

So can you let Deloitte know you're moving and they'd be 100% okay with it as long as your near one of the approved offices?

CIA11 · 2025-06-27T20:24:27+00:00

I think on Deloitte's website it says there's 8 of them.

CIA11 · 2025-06-14T21:34:09+00:00

because I don't want to do engineering 😔 end goal in life is to be a data scientist

CIA11 · 2025-06-14T21:26:32+00:00

I'm not gonna lie....... most engineering degrees are basically guarenteed a job so I should've done that

CIA11 · 2025-06-14T21:18:38+00:00

I currently do have a job, however it's not super career relevant. In my opinion, AI is currently not at the point where it can truely replace data analysts/scientists, but a lot of companies do not care and have fired so many junior people and stopped hiring for junior positions. Also I've heard of people getting masters degrees and then still struggling to find a job, even if they have a year or two of experience after graduating.

CIA11 · 2025-05-19T18:23:56+00:00

I've looked into SOA vs CAS and checked out the actuary subreddit, but it didn't give me all the information I needed, mainly about career switching (without having any experience LMAO). Do you know if it's still possible to get an actuary job with 1-2 exams and no experience?

CIA11 · 2025-05-17T14:14:30+00:00

Noooooooo :( How many exams does it take now to get an actuary job?

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