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It's never too late to switch. I'd suggest figuring out which niche of data science most aligns with your personal interests and start there. Hiring managers d
by ordinaryperson 10y ago
It's never too late to switch.
I'd suggest figuring out which niche of data science most aligns with your personal interests and start there. Hiring managers don't discriminate based on "too many years in academia", it's more what's the reason they should hire YOU over candidate y?
Diehard animal lover? I bet the Sierra Club would love a statistician who could help them quantify how many elephants are being poached in Africa per year.
Interested in sports? Strava gets millions of data points a day, I'm sure they're looking for help finding signals in the noise.
Can't get enough of financial markets? Finance jobs all over the place for quants.
If your profile is too generic they'll see no good reason to hire you, but if you're passionate about X it can really work in your favor.
The job search is depressing but never give up hope.
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- theparanoid 10y agoAs an over 40yr old, yes it's probably too late to switch. After 30 it was a shock to me getting turned down for jobs when I aced the technical interviews.
- alexpatin 10y agoYou might be more expensive than some of the youngins too. Just a possibility. I'm sure there could have been something else but new kids on the block often take less than they can.
- ordinaryperson 10y agoYou can be turned down for a job for a lot of reasons, personality fit is probably the No. 1 reason people are passed on (no data here, just my own anecdotal experience). I wouldn't assume it's ageism. But that brings me back to my original point, you have to find a place where your personality and interests are a match, not just RandomJob.com. If you have a higher degree in math, there is always another job out there waiting for you.