[hollandheese]

>While I’ve led a data science team, I’ve never taken a data science course — so I’m not sure what it teaches. But i do feel pretty confident in saying that I think math does lose its usefulness around after trig.

Statements like this are a big part of the reason statisticians never trust anyone who works in "data science". The whole field is basically applied statistics/calculus and you're saying none of that is useful.

[kenjackson]

Sorry, the statement I made wasn't intended to be connected that way. Data science uses a bunch of math beyond trig. I meant that in general math beyond trig becomes much less useful. I was talking about the general usefulness of different levels/types of taught math for white collar jobs/living. Not what is of use for data science.