Juan
I apologize if this is going in a dinfreeft direction. But what kind of career goals does the typical actuary have? And will heavier statistical skills facilitate those goals or pigeonhole actuaries into roles that many don't want to go in?I've worked at two of those companies that were listed above with those predictive modeling job openings and those roles didn't seem to have a lot of upward mobility. Many of the other actuaries I have worked with aspire to roles in product management and other upper management areas. In my very limited professional experience, not many people get into those roles by building a career in the predictive modeling department. Again, in my very limited experience the actuary was typically directing the modeling department, providing a vision of what the final product would look like, directing the project work, and facilitating implementation.
Juan I apologize if this is going in a dinfreeft direction. But what kind of career goals does the typical actuary have? And will heavier statistical skills facilitate those goals or pigeonhole actuaries into roles that many don't want to go in?I've worked at two of those companies that were listed above with those predictive modeling job openings and those roles didn't seem to have a lot of upward mobility. Many of the other actuaries I have worked with aspire to roles in product management and other upper management areas. In my very limited professional experience, not many people get into those roles by building a career in the predictive modeling department. Again, in my very limited experience the actuary was typically directing the modeling department, providing a vision of what the final product would look like, directing the project work, and facilitating implementation.