Jennifer Chayes: Being an engineer is not a lonely, geeky job; it’s collaborative and creative

Jobs in engineering have the potential to have a huge impact on the world, says Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research. The merging of data science and healthcare is particularly exciting to Chayes. As we begin to use technology to monitor our health more consistently, we’ll be able to use this data to figure out how to treat disease in a more personalized fashion. This will revolutionize healthcare and the quality of our lives.