The best part of my job is that it is intellectually challenging. I have to use your brain to solve a bunch of computational problems every day. Also, it's nice...[full comment]
Learn a lot of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. But gain real insight into the art and craft of designing useful software, you need direct experience in the research areas...[full comment]
"The best part of my job is that it is intellectually challenging. I have to use your brain to solve a bunch of computational problems every day. Also, it's nice knowing that my software helps people understand data. The software can be an invaluable tool in a lot of research areas such as health care, clinical, psychological, and education research. The worst part of the job is that it can be quite boring sometimes because of the coding requirements and limitations in the company."
School : MA, Ph.D., Psychology MA, Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
"Learn a lot of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. But gain real insight into the art and craft of designing useful software, you need direct experience in the research areas that use statistical software. So try to learn some psychology and see how psychologists do their research. Go to some health science classes and see how health scientists collect data. Or, go to a marketing class to see how a marketing research is done. Through this first-hand exposure, you'll learn what kind of statistical analyses are useful in practice."
School : MA, Ph.D., Psychology MA, Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
