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Ms. Grimes [...who worked on an algorithm to fine-tune Google’s crawler software...] is an Internet-age statistician, one of many who are changing the image of the profession as a place for dronish number nerds. They are finding themselves increasingly in demand — and even cool.
“I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians,” said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. “And I’m not kidding.”
The rising stature of statisticians, who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate, is a byproduct of the recent explosion of digital data.
Sexy, cool AND $125,000 in the first year. I'm going for retraining :-)
who can earn $125,000 at top companies in their first year after getting a doctorate
There are lots of jobs that earn that money with a doctorate.
[...who worked on an algorithm to fine-tune Google�s crawler software...]
I believe this is why she's being paid well.
