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by totoglazer 1905 days ago
Agreed. I’ve worked with and hired boot camp, masters program, and traditionally educated data scientists. Insight is the only non-traditional program that’s positively correlated with performance. It seems to (a) screen tolerably well, and (b) do a good job of helping the demographic of “quantitative and technical PhD but no industry exposure” translate the skills and background well enough to speak the same language we do.