<p>On original topic…I’m a long ago Stat major and spent my career designing surveys and other data collection activities, which I loved, but often thought if I had it to do over again I’d like to have developed tools for analyzing educational data–which has come into its own as a hot topic. More recently, I’ve found the data-mining opportunities in Big Data fascinating. D is in grad school studying survey methodology–design and analysis. She got summer internship offers from the first two places she interviewed…one doing Big Data, one doing Health data research. A stat background provides both analytical tools and experience with large statistical packages that seem to be in demand.</p>