Giorgi’s background was nowhere near data when he enrolled. What changed his mind was how the program introduced statistics — not as abstract theory, but as a tool for answering questions he actually cared about.

The turning point was working with a real, unclean dataset for the first time: no textbook answer, just a problem to untangle. That was the moment the subject stopped feeling academic and started feeling like a job he wanted.

He graduated straight into an analyst role, and still keeps his capstone project as a portfolio piece.