u/Playful-Appearance78

Hey all,

I’ve learnt to use python for things like statistics which is where my work is, I can effectively read documentation and do what’s needed for a specific task.

I’ve reached a bottleneck as I’ve been applying to more data sciencey roles and they keep asking really simple DSA questions and I can’t for the life of me get them right.
Idk if it’s just the fact that I can’t search things up or whatever.

What is the best strategy to get around this (given that my spare time to take on things like leetcode is almost zero).

Thank you !!

Hey all!

I’m entering my final year economics undergrad and I really need some help/advice, a little context being my pivot to theoretical statistics at the masters level and desire to work in data science-esque jobs.

I have chosen the most difficult courses for educations sake, I am self-studying real analysis (flipping hard), I have to take on a research assistantship (I need the money, but have already been offered a role), and I need to learn some data structures and algorithms for data science job applications.

I really truly don’t know how I’m supposed to pull this all off as they are all necessary for my goals.

Please help 😭🙏

Hey all!!

Im entering my final year of economics undergrad at a decent UK university and I’m now realising how limited I am without real analysis, and measure/probability theory.

I’m super interested in theoretical statistics so I’ve been really focusing on my foundations again (linear algebra…), but I can’t find any affordable masters programme that teach proof based maths from the ground up.

Oxford Mphil Econ has a further maths module which covers all of this but I’m wondering if anyone has taken it and if it’s in-depth enough to actually get a good understanding of the topics.

Lastly, I’d apply to statistics masters programmes but then I’d go in without any understanding of proof based maths so I assume it’d be very difficult for me to move into theoretical statistics.

I have a strong reason and motivation to focus on stats though I do still love economics!

Thank you for all your help !!

PS: is self study enough or is an accredited course necessary to go into statistics?