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by finebalance 2957 days ago
I don't think it's irrational. As somebody with just a masters in a tangentially related field (economics), I find it surprising how low the barrier to entry is for this job (I got in, after all). Anybody with a decent undergraduate level understanding of stats could learn to do most of the production stuff that companies generally do in a few weeks, at best.