If you’re looking for a job in Silicon Valley, maybe you should beef up your resume by taking a class in statistics.
The Wall Street Journal reports that many companies, including Facebook and AdMob, are recruiting employees who have a better than average understanding of statistics, advanced math, and data-manipulation techniques. According to San Francisco recruiter Michael Morell, companies are paying up to 20 percent more for engineers with a strong background in statistics. As companies seek to build data analysis and data warehousing teams, “they’re putting a massive emphasis on it,” Morell says.
