I like this line: "The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of

I like this line: "The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of the recent explosion of digital data." So... someone who majored in math/physics/hard sciences, got the grades and test scores to gain admission to a top university, and goes through a program with a high attrition rate that you're doing well to complete in 6 years can earn a bit less than a JD (half the time) or MBA (1/3 the time). Like Right Said Fred Said: I'm too sexy for this field, too sexy for this field, holds no ap-peal... (ok, I'm a data geek, and this sort of thing actually sounds like far more fun than corporate law, and $125k starting is decent... but still, let's still recognize that the reward to effort ration is still not quite comparable with the professions, and the journey is quite a bit harder).