Anybody here got a masters in math or statistics, and/or an online master's?

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

BS and MS in Applied Math and Stats (both at school, not online)


Whats your bachelors subject? What is it your looking to do and what kind of roles you been applying for? I do some big data work and I end up using stats all the time - even with the software that's out there, my team and I are still sometimes scribbling out formulas on pen and paper when we're researching.

Depending on what you're applying for (and your original bachelors) a full on masters may not always be necessary. Coursera for example offer online courses in stats, data science, analysis, programming etc. that teach theory and coding skills as well as final projects that give you demonstrable code to show what you can do. More importantly they're from respected schools (Stanford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Washington), good for the CV.

Do employers really take that Coursera shyt serious? I figured they were only interested in degrees and work I got paid to do. My bachelors is in mechanical engineering. I'm looking to get into marketing analytics... though to be honest I don't know what is out there.

Where are you based out of? I'm guessing your use of CV = UK?

 

[Barbados Slim]

Do employers really take that Coursera shyt serious? I figured they were only interested in degrees and work I got paid to do. My bachelors is in mechanical engineering. I'm looking to get into marketing analytics... though to be honest I don't know what is out there.

Where are you based out of? I'm guessing your use of CV = UK?

Yeah I'm in UK (London), so the landscape can be different to state side, but ME is ME - that's a base that includes Math and Physics, that's easily transferable knowledge into the analytics game! Quick search on marketing analytics in London and there are plenty of jobs - whats the outlook over there? Most often they ask for bachelors in a numerically/science based subject (Math/Stats/Any Sciences/Eng). You gotta take a couple hours to sit down and do some serious hunting and research.

Have a search on LinkedIn and you'll see people in good jobs with Coursera on the CV (Resume) . Employers do take it seriously, but it does also depend on the employer. The courses also give you a final project that you can show, cause that's whats important - practical/demonstrable experience. You can complete a course in a few months (evening and weekend study) and you'll then have your statistics up a level and hands on experience with coding and analytics.

And you ALWAYS tailor your Resume and cover letters to highlight that new knowledge and how your ME degree skills are transferable to what they're looking for.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah I'm in UK (London), so the landscape can be different to state side, but ME is ME - that's a base that includes Math and Physics, that's easily transferable knowledge into the analytics game! Quick search on marketing analytics in London and there are plenty of jobs - whats the outlook over there? Most often they ask for bachelors in a numerically/science based subject (Math/Stats/Any Sciences/Eng). You gotta take a couple hours to sit down and do some serious hunting and research.

Have a search on LinkedIn and you'll see people in good jobs with Coursera on the CV (Resume) . Employers do take it seriously, but it does also depend on the employer. The courses also give you a final project that you can show, cause that's whats important - practical/demonstrable experience. You can complete a course in a few months (evening and weekend study) and you'll then have your statistics up a level and hands on experience with coding and analytics.

And you ALWAYS tailor your Resume and cover letters to highlight that new knowledge and how your ME degree skills are transferable to what they're looking for.

O yea I have had 4 (!) internal reviews at my company for analyst positions over the last year just off the strength of the analytics I do in my current role. I'm waiting to hear back from one right now actually and I have good rapport with most of the people I interviewed with. But while I get a lot of bites internally I'm not getting anything external.... I feel like I will land something here in the next year or so, but for the position after that I feel like I'm gonna need some kind of formal applied math/stats. I've learned a lot over the last year of what analytics folks want though which has been really good.

 

[Scholar]

Nah do not get an online degree slme hiring managers will look down at it(aka they like prestige)