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My BA is in Math (theoretical, no statistics) with some CS courses (mostly basic ones and a few advanced ones in crypto). I didn't have a big issue finding a jo
by baruch 11y ago
My BA is in Math (theoretical, no statistics) with some CS courses (mostly basic ones and a few advanced ones in crypto). I didn't have a big issue finding a job beyond what others at the same time that finished a CS degree.
I did do quite a bit of open source projects both on my own and joining into other projects (LyX is a good match for a math degree :-)
If I had to do it again I'd learn statistics properly now, I find this is actually a useful part of mathematics for what I do these days (failure analysis and data mining). I believe that if you do your own software projects it should be good enough to be hired.
- euroclydon 11y agoSame degree. I work in Software. I didn't have a problem finding a job either. I started off in industrial process automation, traveling around the U.S. doing very high level programming to make the UI for waste water treatment plants. Then I moved into web development. But, let's move past the "no trouble getting a job" part. If getting a job is your goal, then choose a CS degree. If getting job doing a particular form of programming is your goal, then focus on a CS degree with a speciality in that type of programming. Getting a Math degree is a super way to get a job in programming, but not as good as a CS degree. It's a matter of not closing a door, versus opening it.