ActualActuary

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   by ActualActuary 5y ago

   Anecdotally, most of the people I’ve known who’ve switched out of actuarial to data science haven’t been the best. In most cases it’s been people who couldn’t pass exams, or were missold on what actuarial work actually involves and ended up
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   by ActualActuary 5y ago

   I agree completely with your last paragraph. If I wanted to be a data scientist I’d be a data scientist. I don’t want my actuarial organisation wasting time and money trying to market us as “data scientists” when we are not data scientists.
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   by ActualActuary 5y ago

   I think it’s an unfair comparison. Of course the average actuary wouldn’t even come close to the average days scientist when it comes to data science skills. Just like the average doctor wouldn’t, the average lawyer wouldn’t, and the averag