Hi everyone! I’m currently working in a big strategy consulting firm and would like to transition to Data science (engineering graduate). Do you think I can get the technical skills with online courses or it’s better to do a 1-year Master in Statistics /Data Science?
Thanks!

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You can get technical skills online, however, may or may not have the stats or math background to truly understand what to look for. I always recommend a Masters program. Also, Masters in statistics is fine if you know how to program. Otherwise you’ll have the stats knowledge but no coding skills to implement

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Thank you for your advice! The master has some programming too. I think I’ll go for that then :)

Data may not be as sexy as it seems.

What do you mean?

On the same boat evaluating online degrees. Wondering which ones are you looking at if you’d like to share?

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