It’s amazing. Competing offers is
another sign that the market is really
hot. Sign-on bonuses are another thing
that has become very commonplace in
the analytics job market. Another sign
that is important to note is the academic institutions have really stepped
up with many of them developing master’s programs in analytics, predictive
analytics and the like, so that’s something that is very new in the last two or
three years.
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ontinuing
ducation
In an interview with the New York
Times, you said in reference to MBAs,
and I quote, “In 15 years, if you don’t
have a solid quant background, you
might have a permanent pink slip.”
That’s a little rough, isn’t it?
I know, I’ve become the harbinger of
the permanent pink slip. Seriously, I have
seen many MBAs, your general MBA,
look around and say, whoa, this is a little
bit scary, because they are seeing this
trend toward analytical decision-making
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Topic areas:
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