CAREER ADVA NC E ME N T
Where the
analytics jobs are
BY SCOTT NESTLER, CAP
B
ecause that’s where the
money is.”
— Willie Sutton
(on why he robbed banks)
CONSIDER THE OBVIOUS
In pondering an upcoming change
of career (or at least employer), a good
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start is to follow Sutton’s Law, paraphrased in the apocryphal quote ab ove
and taught to medical students learning about diagnosis. In a more general
form, it states something like, “first consider the obvious.” With regard to where
jobs in analytics can be found, the obvious might include considering a mix of
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