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I've spent a lot of time getting an MA in mathematics, but I sometimes feel that I should've just gone straight for computer science. I never intended to do pur
by msvan 7y ago
I've spent a lot of time getting an MA in mathematics, but I sometimes feel that I should've just gone straight for computer science. I never intended to do pure math research. My CS friends know more about databases and distributed systems than I do, even if I know more about representation theory. Still, if you subscribe to the signaling theory of education, what does it matter.
- f3r3nc 7y agoin a few years much of the current technologies gets obsolete not the mathematical foundations
- mjfl 7y ago> My CS friends know more about databases and distributed systems than I do, even if I know more about representation theory I don't mean to be rude but this was a very foreseeable outcome of a masters in math. Why didn't you foresee it?
- msvan 7y agoMy reasons for choosing what I chose do not fit into a Hacker News comment.