1. You are worrying to much, a PhD in mathematics and development chops can get you a long way in the development world. 2. Depends very much what you want to

1. You are worrying to much, a PhD in mathematics and development chops can get you a long way in the development world. 2. Depends very much what you want to do, if you want to do the typical development path of internet apps / mobile learn HTML, JavaScript and Objective-C If you want to go into embedded, learn Assembly and C/C++ get an Arduino and start playing with it get as many peripherals as you can and integrate them. Try not to use the high level toolkits and write closer to the hardware, you will be rewarded with a better understanding of the hardware layer. If you want to go into research where you math background will be very beneficial keep on learning Python, pick up Lisp and R. 3. In some fields it will, some people looks at it as equivalent to a CS degree, so long as you don't actually need heavy CS knowledge. It definitely means that you would pick up CS education quickly. I would take a serious look at you as a candidate given a strong math background. 4. Select the field that you think you would be most interested in, learn the tool of that domain, get some code built that you can show. 5. Sure, the market needs talented individuals, a math background is valuable with some language and self taught development experience you could be a great asset.