In an August 2009 New York Times article, here’s what a Google mucky-muck has to say about the world of math and science:

“I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians,” said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. “And I’m not kidding.”

Knowledge of statistics and, most importantly, how to exploit them will become an increasingly important part of tomorrow’s successful businesses. 

You can read the article here…