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I was also a business major, but I had been programming my whole life. Like you, I had no intention of being a consultant or going into finance. It didn't real
by hellcow 9y ago
I was also a business major, but I had been programming my whole life. Like you, I had no intention of being a consultant or going into finance.
It didn't really affect my career one way or another because I was building my own companies and doing contract work, but if I could do it over again, I would personally major in math, physics, or comp sci, which I really enjoyed. There's definitely a bias toward comp sci majors in the tech industry, which you can get over for almost any job, but know that it's there.
Because I was self-taught and didn't have a traditional comp sci background, I found out a lot of things the "hard way" by making mistakes in my code. A lot of times there's a simple solution to a problem you face, but if you haven't studied that problem and solution in class, you probably don't know that it's been solved for 30+ years. I've had several such discoveries, most of which were pointed out to me by exceptional CS majors. :)
I'd echo the other comments here. If you don't plan on doing the same types of jobs as your classmates and using that network, business school isn't worth the trouble. Study something you love.