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I don't think a lot of people know about the Insight Fellows program yet, but it's highly relevant here: http://insightdatascience.com/

They're taking people in STEM fields who are over-qualified and under paid, and helping them transition into new careers as data scientists at top technology companies (Google, Facebook, Square, LinkedIn, etc.). It's a really interesting model because they're filling a big hole that universities have right now in that there's no degree for data science. Close to 100% of their Fellows make the transition successfully and I think the idea is something that others are going to try to copy in the near future because it's clear there's a supply-demand mismatch right now.

Fwiw, the company is a YC alumnus (a hard pivot from their original idea).