HIGHLANDER JOURNEYS
Pursuing Passions Millie Huang ’11 on Finding a Career That Was a Natural Fit In 2012, Harvard Business Review declared data scientists as having “the sexiest job of the 21st century,” and in 2019, the position was ranked the number one job in the U.S. by Glassdoor for the fourth year in a row. What’s more, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the demand for data science skills will drive a 27.9 percent rise in employment in the field through 2026. It’s a field for people who have a passion for computers, math, and discovering answers through data analysis. Just ask Millie Huang ’11, whose passion helped her discover a path towards becoming a data scientist with the online personal styling service Stitch Fix.
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