Mad Men Learn Math

The most in-demand advertising careers require “hard-core quantitative, mathematical and technical skills,” as the New York Times puts it, and people with those skills can fetch six-figure salaries easily.

Advertising is becoming about analytics. About capturing data and finding trends. New hires must write code, crunch statistics, and develop Websites.

But if you’re looking at this list of skills with your jaw hanging open, thinking you’ll never be able to do all these things let alone some of them, take heart.