ABSTRACT
The job market continues to demand data scientists in fields as diverse as health care and music, marketing and defense, sports and academia. Practitioners in these fields have seen the value of evidence-based decision making and communication. Their demand for employees with those skills obligates the academy to train students for data science careers. Many faculty in those fields are teaching data-science-related courses now. Some do so because they like the material. Others want to try something new. Some want to use the related skills for consulting. Others just want to help their institution as it launches a new program or expands to meet increased demand. Three of author's mathematician friends have had their recent careers shaped by a transition from pure mathematics to data science. Their stories serve as examples of this transition.
