According to a study recently reported in the Wall Street Journal, being a statistician is one of the best jobs available in the U.S., lagging only behind two other quantitative jobs: mathematician (#1) and actuary (#2). "Best" is judged in terms of work environment comfort and safety, income, physical demands, and career outlook (full criteria here). It seems being able to use world-class open-source software wasn't on the list, which surely would have bumped statisticians to #1.
Wall Street Journal: Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs
Next to Director of Community maybe......
Posted by: Richard | January 16, 2009 at 13:20