Comment by Ftuuky

I'm really interested in learning more about data science. Currently attending moocs to learn R but I don't have much free time and it's a slow progress. Currently I work as analyst for an environmental consulting firm but I always wanted to work in something related to quants. I know I'm probably being naive but I want to change careers. Do you guys recommend that I keep learning R or should I take a closer look to Julia? Or both? I don't have a programming background but I do know statistics and Excel. Edit: fast, concise and useful comments in a matter of minutes, I love HN. Thanks!