JonahSinick comments on An update on Signal Data Science (an intensive data science training program) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Toggle 11 April 2016 05:53:32PM 1 point [-]

How many students have found work in data science (so far), what problems are they solving now, and what are the associated companies/cities/salaries?

Comment author: JonahSinick 12 April 2016 01:26:52AM *  1 point [-]

Hi Toggle,

Thanks for your question!

Most of our students have just started looking for jobs over the past ~2 weeks, and the job search process in the tech sector typically takes ~2 months, from sending out resumes to accepting offers (see, e.g. "Managing your time" in Alexei's post Maximizing Your Donations via a Job).

The feedback loop here is correspondingly longer than we'd like. We expect to have an answer to your question by the time we advertise our third cohort.

Comment author: VipulNaik 07 July 2016 05:51:45AM 1 point [-]

Following up!

Comment author: delton137 10 August 2016 03:09:21AM 0 points [-]

I'd love to see some results as well, and I'm assuming as soon as you have them they'd be posted. I looked under 'projects' and looked at the available LinkedIn profiles, and it looks like three of the students got jobs (well, more specifically 2 jobs and an internship). Those students already had impressive resumes going into the program, but this is quite encouraging to see.

Comment author: Toggle 14 April 2016 06:24:04PM 0 points [-]

Understood, sounds like that information won't be in for a while. I look forward to hearing about your results in a few months!

Comment author: delton137 10 August 2016 03:08:23AM *  0 points [-]