Recent content by elie_s_dad

1. The people I'm mentioning do do scientific programming. I thought that was implied since it is the topic of this thread. 2. MS before PhD is a common track in my experience. 3. This is getting off-topic. The point I was making that my experience does not agree with your observations...

D H - As you say, the differences could be attributed to our different areas. I have only done computational work related to biology, finance and social science. As I said, I do have some friends in Aerospace who are counter-examples to your statements about Aerospace and CS majors. Maybe the...

I've done scientific programming in pharma, finance and market research. Most of the points made by 'D H' are not accurate in my personal experience. I know people in aerospace with CS backgrounds as well and really doubt they were evaluated as 'Philosophy car salesmen equivalents' or...

Math or physics people work as statisticians. I don't know how hard it is to break in without a statistics degree, but it's not uncommon for me to find out that one of my colleagues works as a statistician but does not actually have a degree in statistics. For your case specifically, I don't...

In case it helps anyone coming across this thread, let me add my experience. I recently looked for work having a MS in Statistics and a MS in Financial Mathematics (both near completion but not completed at the time). I got several interviews and some offers, one of which I took. Most...

Hi OP, If you're still checking this, I agree with the person above that you should just be sure you actually like Statistics before switching. I just finished my MS in Statistics and am working in statistical programming in the pharma industry now. I worked in pharma in a related capacity...