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I did a math and philosophy double major. The danger of a degree like this is that the stark reality of a programming job will seem unbearably boring in compari

• etherealG 16y ago
  I would say you have the wrong type of programming job then. Some can be massively creative and require "philosophical" thought. Areas that come to mind are the ones in computer science which bleed over naturally into philosophy, e.g. AI.
  • nervechannel 16y ago
    Yes, and graduates with an interdisciplinary background and strong reasoning skills are more likely to get the interesting jobs than pure software engineers who know JUnit inside-out. (Generalizing from myself with a sample size of one)
  • rdouble 16y ago
    I'm not sure the philosophy/AI crossover in the 1980s and 90s was all that useful. Things may have improved, but I doubt it. You're better off studying applied statistics if you want to get into AI. Even Wittgenstein told his students that studying philosophy is a waste of time and they should become car mechanics, instead. "If you're studying geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life." --Steve Martin
• jscn 16y ago
  Yeah, I must say that programming web apps and battling with CSS is pretty dull after studying philosophy.
  • adrianN 16y ago
    It's pretty dull even before studying philosophy.