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The bank where I work needs so many data scientists and AI/ML/DL engineers and they can't find enough of them to the point they're paying master degrees and MOOCs to all employees that want to study it, as long as they already have some experience with Python/R or a background in math/stats/engineering.

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Cough. What company is this? I was looking into getting my Masters but would be much nicer if somebody was paying for it.

One of the top 20 investment banks.

I know you probably mean well and maybe want to stay anonymous, but it seems pretty clear to me that commenter was looking for a specific firm in response to their question. Is it the case that all of the top 20 IBs are offering tuition reimbursement for data science?

I understand the commenter wanted a clear answer but I don't know if I should be specific since I can't find a public source to go along. Maybe this is internal and I fd up?

Just so you know its very easy to find out where you work. I can get your name from your keybase links, easily find your linkedin page, and verify your location to be sure from other links on keybase.

I understood your answer and thought it was fine.

PhD in Computer Engineering with MSc in AI/ML here. Happy to do remote work for your bank :)

Working remote is not allowed due to certain regulations. That's why it's so hard to hire good data scientists!

And you're in top-20 I-banking? So most likely in a huge city, with a huge swath of data science talent. The issue isn't folks not being able to work remotely.

The thing is that data scientists are wanted by so many companies that besides salary you have to compete with perks and other things. IBs can't provide some of the perks, like remote work and makes it less attractive to potential candidates. This is my opinion, not my employer.

A very recent M.S. from a top 10 school in ML/DL here. Can chime in remotely as well. Need a new Lamborghini; Murcielago is getting old you know ;-)

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