>You don’t think there’s any job role which would benefit from someone who double-majored? Of course I do, that's why I did it myself. I just think the number

>You don’t think there’s any job role which would benefit from someone who double-majored? Of course I do, that's why I did it myself. I just think the number of these roles is far smaller than the number of double majors who get them, or much less the double majors who use both of the majors they got. It is irresponsible to dangle the strategy of a double major out as a hot tip to get better income, because it's a fairly big investment with low payoff. People even question the value of MS degrees in this field. How much more do they question the value of double majors? Again the same type of reasoning was used to justify everyone getting a college degree regardless of subject. It's wrong to advertise it as a financial strategy. You should have a specific purpose and reasonable risk assessment before investing in any kind of academic program. The cost of it is tuition plus one or more years of lost salary. The payoff may never come. So you should truly care about what you're studying and be good at it, and not just collect majors like bottlecaps hoping to cash in someday. People who do want a more specialized job should beware, as the market for those jobs is smaller and often more difficult than for less specialized stuff. So many people try to specialize then get screwed on pay because they set all their hopes on doing that one special job. There are a few who manage to spin it into higher or more stable income, but I think that's more rare.