Thanks! Indeed, datascience/ML seem like interesting avenues. I'm not from applied maths, but have some julia experience, which could probably be somewhat helpful.
In the US, there are “boot camps” that specialize in getting people with PhDs jobs in data science. I don’t know if that’s a thing in Europe too, but probably.
For a math PhD a bootcamp only makes sense if it’s basically intensive interview prep and you feel like you really need it. In any other case a bootcamp seems very unnecessary and it can even be a red flag depending on the bootcamp.
Maybe. I don’t think most people with math/physics PhDs have done much with machine learning or the specific tech that companies are looking for, so that’s why so many of these bootcamps popped up. The people in my social circle who did bootcamps to transition to jobs from PhDs seemed happy enough with them, but that doesn’t make all bootcamps equal. My info is also 5+ years old, so circumstances may have changed. I do believe you that there are a lot of crappy bootcamps now.
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Data science and/or ML? A mathematics PhD is a big advantage when applying for those positions.
Also there is optimization/operations research if you want something a bit different. Less buzzwordy too.
Thanks! Indeed, datascience/ML seem like interesting avenues. I'm not from applied maths, but have some julia experience, which could probably be somewhat helpful.
In the US, there are “boot camps” that specialize in getting people with PhDs jobs in data science. I don’t know if that’s a thing in Europe too, but probably.
For a math PhD a bootcamp only makes sense if it’s basically intensive interview prep and you feel like you really need it. In any other case a bootcamp seems very unnecessary and it can even be a red flag depending on the bootcamp.
Maybe. I don’t think most people with math/physics PhDs have done much with machine learning or the specific tech that companies are looking for, so that’s why so many of these bootcamps popped up. The people in my social circle who did bootcamps to transition to jobs from PhDs seemed happy enough with them, but that doesn’t make all bootcamps equal. My info is also 5+ years old, so circumstances may have changed. I do believe you that there are a lot of crappy bootcamps now.
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