I visit universities and talk about being a statistician and I am always honest with the students and tell them that it's a lot of hard work to get a masters or a PhD and that the job they get as a result will be hard, complicated, and sometimes make you want to pull your hair out. This doesn't mean that I'm telling them that being a statistician sucks; it's me being honest about everything the career entails. If you don't enjoy looking through data sets for 8+ hours a day then pick another career because you wouldn't be happy with this one.
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