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Is a degree in mathematics considered cs related for this poll?
by SandB0x 15y ago
Is a degree in mathematics considered cs related for this poll?
- defrost 15y agoYou'd hope so given the number of CS departments that are headed or founded by people with degrees in mathematics. I'm in the mathematics degree category as well, with a career mainly in numerical programming.
- chimeracoder 15y agoI'd say no, just because I could point out many people with degrees in mathematics who couldn't define the halting problem or a Turing Machine, and yet those are core concepts for any person with a meaningful degree in computer science. (Note: I did not say 'computer programming' or 'software engineering'!) Of course, that's not to say that this would preclude someone from being employed in many of the same jobs offered to CS graduates, but it underlines the fact that the two disciplines are still very different, even if they involve related skills. If we only used the 'employable in the same jobs' benchmark, then psychology and sociology degrees might 'count' as history degrees.