CS degree is not all that fun. You’re better off doing math and just learning to code on the side.

annzabelle 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you like math, this is the best advice. I did math with a CS minor, had a great time in college, and I seem to go in the same pool as people with a CS degree for hiring on any team I would actually want to work with. It also opens up a different set of backup plans or potential career switches if you don't want to or can't stay in software long term.

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heresie-dabord 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Further to this point, it's quite common to favour a candidate with a strong STEM degree who has learned to code as an adjacency.

	▲	aleph_minus_one an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Further to this point, it's quite common to favour a candidate with a strong STEM degree who has learned to code as an adjacency. ... because they know less about programming, and thus think much less deeply how a novel abstraction could look like which solves the problem much more elegantly. In other words: these applicants more obediently do their work instead of regularly questioning whether there could be a better way and thus rocking the boat too much. :-(