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That's a solid double major to start with, but I would pick statistics over data science. Stat masters degrees are super valuable and increases your chance of getting a job. Not saying data science won't, I've just found it easier to get people jobs with stat degrees. Also, living in NZ isn't a big deal, but you might want to apply to some American universities. Or you can try to find an entry level job, come over and work, then get your masters. That is something you see in the field a lot. Send me a link request and let me know when you are looking for a job.

Do you graduate in the spring? If yes then you do not have to start applying yet. It's always good to make connections though (which I'm sure you know). Send me a linkedin request Tom Wright.

You probably know this already - maybe you can consider looking into the MOOC courses on data science to get yourself a head start in the university program. Coursera offers a very decent Data Science Specialization program from John Hopkins University for 470$. There are also a bunch of other free courses/materials online.

Good luck to you too :)

• Do you have your CV up in Linkedin or somewhere on the internet ? You have so many replies and most have LI profiles. There is no point being anonymous when looking for a job as these people replying could add to your connections.
• How many connections do you have on LinkedIn ?
• You also mention your courses are all applied stats courses and you should have develpoed code in R,SAS, Python etc. Where is all that code ?
• Do you have a github profile.If yes, post a link to it. If you have no account create one and upload whatever you can. If you don't think you have a worthwhile project code to post on github , post the code you eveloped for your school homework
• Did you try alternative job boards like http://angel.co or http://www.indeed.com ? I am in IT development role and I was on the hiring side of equation a few times for traditional development roles like database development , business intelligence areas. I am in South Florida where there aren't as many jobs as SF Bay area. However, it takes going through atleast 10 or 15 applicants to find one good hire and thats past the first stage of filtering by recruiters.
• Did you apply 500 jobs with same resume ? If yes, its overwhelmingly obvious it isn't working. Since you did applied stats, try design of experiment methods to test your CV that gets responses and mention of that might in itself get you a job.

Best of luck.

Data engineering is definitely more in line with my background and experience, though data science is fascinating to me and something I'd like to learn both for my own edification and to provide better support to colleagues in any future data-oriented roles.

Thanks for the blog recommendation, I'll take a look. I did just pick up Data Science from Scratch to get me started and I'll go from there.

Thank you very much for the thoughtful feedback and recommendations!