<p>Market research. Plenty of math and stats people around. What’s really needed are the people who can find insight. Psych, sociology and anthropology backgrounds are in demand. </p>
<p>Really, this confirms this silly naive STEM triumphalism – it’s like people in these fields are really <em>completely unaware</em> of well-paying positions / fields that aren’t science / engineering. Could they do any more to reinforce the stereotypical STEM geek stereotype, than to be completely oblivious of companies/ fields other than their own? Good grief, to listen to them, you’d think that everyone just works in a lab or makes lattes, nothing else out there.</p>