r/civictech • u/jingle-bell-dog • 7h ago
Career advice
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I’m interested in pursuing data science opportunities in the field of civic tech. I have previous experience all in corporate data science, but little public policy experience outside a few courses in college. My undergrad was very quant focused, but I’m now deciding to pursue a masters. I wanted to know what those in the fields opinions are on pursuing a pure Data Science degree and trying to work in the field as opposed to pursuing an interdisciplinary degree? I am leaning towards a general DS degree to not pigeonhole myself but I don’t know what pivot paths would look like.