As jobs on wall street wane , the most numerate mba graduates are finding a welcome home in companies such as amazon , facebook , google and yahoo , groups for which data analytics are critical .
Traditionally it has attracted " solicitors , actuaries and tax accountants " or what she describes more widely as " bright , numerate , and technically focused people " , but it now tends to place a premium on creative thinking .
Until three years ago , smart , numerate students took it for granted that one of the fastest ways to become rich and successful was to dive into the world of complex finance , producing structures such as collateralised debt obligations ( cdos ) .
