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>> The program will cost $60,000, which school officials >> said compares favorably with other professional degree >> programs. Entry-level data scientists in
by lynchdt 13y ago
>> The program will cost $60,000, which school officials
>> said compares favorably with other professional degree
>> programs. Entry-level data scientists in the San
>> Francisco area can command salaries in the $110,000 to
>> $130,000 range.
$60,000 is laughable.
The justification based on salaries in California is laughable.
Unless a relocation package to California from anywhere there is internet is included in the fee?
Even then......
- fixxer 13y agoI read an article in WSJ on rent hikes in SF this morning. Yikes. I grew up in SoCal and miss it terribly, but my cost of living in Chicago is a tiny fraction of what it would be in SF and my income isn't behind California norms. Maybe if I was 24 and looking for experience... I suppose you can apply the same argument to finance in Manhattan.
- mkessy 13y agoThe price is ludicrous, especially considering the plethora of high quality free online courses. I think their pricing may come from the fact that data science is the 'hot' field right now, so I suspect they'll be capitalizing on the corporations that will start pumping money into training their employees in data science. So I wouldn't be surprised if you start seeing some forture 500s covering the cost of this for a new hire.
- mililani 13y agoNurses in the SF Bay Area make that much out of a 2 yr college that costs less than $3k. Hell, a LOT of people make that in the SF Bay Area without pursuing $60k educations. Not everyone should or want to be a nurse, but when you put things like that into perspective, it makes one wonder if the costs justifies the pursuit.