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harini always enjoyed maths and problem-solving, but it wasn’t until attending a ma ths and technolog y event that she set her sights on a career with numbers. “The event showcased cool technologies that used mathematical concepts,” she recalls. “For the first time, it was something I could really connect with and it excited me about the future I could be a par t of!” So Tharini signed up for a Bac helor of Actuarial Studies at UNSW, coupled with a Bac helor of Commerce. “This degree would provide the opportunity to use my passion for maths in a practic al setting – specifically, to use data and numbers as a tool to navigate risk and uncertainty,” she say s.
Navigating uncertainty
Tharini umaran SooriyakGr aduate,
One problem a maths formula couldn’t solve was where Tha rini would take her career. But embracing that uncertainty wa s important, she says. “One of the things I would hav e
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The skills th via a maths or dataatdeyou learn so versatile and can gree are to a range of STEM robe applied les” Bachelor of Actuaria l Studies / Bachelor of Commerc e, UNSW
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school is to not put too much loved to have known back in . eer path too early,” says Tharini pressure on defining your car so are ths or data degree “The skills you learn via a ma range of STEM roles, so it a to versatile and can be applied ted in STEM but not entirely really is okay if you’re interes sure what you want to do.” a job as an Analytics As it turns out, Tharini landed Bank, where she now works Graduate at Commonwealth a to better understand – and analysing and modelling dat . For example, she recently help – the bank’s customers y unique customer spending worked on helping to identif to risk. habits and their relationship this piece of work is that it “What I enjoyed most about an element behind the helped me understand the hum and data science,” she says. technical work of analytics exactly where her future While Tharini may not know l is to stick with banking and career path will lead, her goa nt that maths has given her analytics, and she is confide future. a robust foundation for the ntly evolving, it’s not about sta “With STEM careers con ut how you can effectively how much you know, but abo ke sense of ambiguous learn new information and ma ma Chilton problems,” she says. – Gem
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Tharini Sooriyakumaran loves the black-and-white nature of maths and data – but she’s also learnt that navigating your career path involves dealing with shades of grey!
Analytics Gr aduate, Commonwealth Bank
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