Maybe my point wasn't entirely clear. I actually think that an out-of-field degree may rather help than hurt, because you have an additional perspective - espec

Maybe my point wasn't entirely clear. I actually think that an out-of-field degree may rather help than hurt, because you have an additional perspective - especially if it's a degree based in math. I definitely see your point about leadership though - university is just one thing, the right guidance at the first longer term job is certainly essential, and something I didn't yet have the luck to see. To sum up, I didn't mean to say that a degree is what you need, rather that people training only in tool usage often backfires later on, and doesn't necessarily help to get at the underlying fundamentals.