Analytics Magazine Analytics Magazine, March/April 2014 | Page 48

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 48 | A N A LY T I C S - M A G A Z I N E . O R G 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 W W W. I N F O R M S . O R G