[eanzenberg]

For me anyways, data science seemed like more interesting work (building predictive models, investigating trends and telling stories through analytics, working on deep learning) than pure programming.

I dunno which is easier to get into with a hard science background, but it took me about 1 yr of being an analyst to get a good ds job.

[iaw]

> data science seemed like more interesting work

That is the only good answer to why one would want to be a DS, if you don't find the work interesting you'll never succeed.

[anotheryou]

so do you have a "masters in CS or Statistics"?

[eanzenberg]

No, phd in physics

[anotheryou]

ok, but still some science phd. thanks!