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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Data Science is less about taking something apart, and more about aggregating information pulling it together to discern insights. It’s a great field right now but some of the work will eventually be displaced by AI in the next 5-10 years. He should pursue Math, CS, Economics as a major with data science as a minor since the high level roles require stats, modeling, and some programming. It’s also definitely behind the scenes work, unless he goes into consulting where he might be involved in presenting information to a client, or in finance where it might be a middle office job… which is to say, he won’t be raking in 7 figures the way other career paths will in their late 20s, but if he was eyeing engineering to start this probably doesn’t matter to him if he likes to just tinker and geek out on stuff.[/quote]

This.

I have a degree in Economics with a focus in Econometrics.
I worked for a FAANG and now work for another Big tech company in Marketing Science. My job is a mix of data analysis, project management, and some client consulting. Some basic coding skills are required but you don’t have to be a crack early on. Big tech companies have lots of internal resources, platforms, tools anyways.

Nowadays, I would recommend double majoring in Math and Economics if you are interested in data analytics. Most undergrad Econ programs are not very quantitative unless you attend top universities, so some more Math can only help (and will also help with grad school acceptance in quantitative fields).[/quote]

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