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For the love of all that is sacred, take advanced math and linear algebra.

rcthompson 12y ago
I heartily agree with this sentiment. I have a friend who's a few years older than I am. He majored in CS, and told me in retrospect that he wished he had majored in mathematics instead. I took his advice, and, instead of doing CS major + a few math classes, I did math major + a few CS clases. I am now very glad that I did so. (For context, my friend and I are both data analysts now.)
- pmalynin 12y ago
  My comment comes from experience of being in progress of doing an Honors CS - Honors Math double major. After having completed Honors Calculus I/ II, Honors Linear Algebra Imy /II circuits in my first year I felt about 2-3 years ahead in my knowledge of mathematics and associated rigor -- this was especially evident when I was taking combined CS/EE courses and seeing student struggle with concepts that I thought were basic (infinimums, supremums, etc.) but apparently are not covered over the course of 2 years in the regular streams.
classicsnoot 12y ago
Thank you for the admonition. I am double majoring in CS and Philosophy for a specific reason; i want to manage devs and IT wizzards. I want to function as an informed go between for the sweat stainless white collars and the yellowed white collars that do the work. I love the theoretical space of design and networking, but i have very low expectations of my actual capabilities at the nuts and bolts. I am a [failed] writer and indy movie producer, but i want to be 'part of your world'. I have been trying to self educate, but it is not simple with no mentor. I see uni as a chance to be around people who are smarter than me as well as make time to write the novels and short stories that make me happy. So i am going to start in CS and Philosophy, audit engineering courses and IR courses, then switch majors to whatever seems appropriate. I am a bit older than your typical freshperson, and i am building a trajectory for post-grad, but really i am button mashing like it's StreetFighter. ANy advice is appreciated; i will look into the Maths Degrees.

I heartily agree with this sentiment. I have a friend who's a few years older than I am. He majored in CS, and told me in retrospect that he wished he had majored in mathematics instead. I took his advice, and, instead of doing CS major + a few math classes, I did math major + a few CS clases. I am now very glad that I did so. (For context, my friend and I are both data analysts now.)

pmalynin 12y ago
My comment comes from experience of being in progress of doing an Honors CS - Honors Math double major. After having completed Honors Calculus I/ II, Honors Linear Algebra Imy /II circuits in my first year I felt about 2-3 years ahead in my knowledge of mathematics and associated rigor -- this was especially evident when I was taking combined CS/EE courses and seeing student struggle with concepts that I thought were basic (infinimums, supremums, etc.) but apparently are not covered over the course of 2 years in the regular streams.

classicsnoot 12y ago

Thank you for the admonition. I am double majoring in CS and Philosophy for a specific reason; i want to manage devs and IT wizzards. I want to function as an informed go between for the sweat stainless white collars and the yellowed white collars that do the work. I love the theoretical space of design and networking, but i have very low expectations of my actual capabilities at the nuts and bolts. I am a [failed] writer and indy movie producer, but i want to be 'part of your world'. I have been trying to self educate, but it is not simple with no mentor. I see uni as a chance to be around people who are smarter than me as well as make time to write the novels and short stories that make me happy. So i am going to start in CS and Philosophy, audit engineering courses and IR courses, then switch majors to whatever seems appropriate. I am a bit older than your typical freshperson, and i am building a trajectory for post-grad, but really i am button mashing like it's StreetFighter. ANy advice is appreciated; i will look into the Maths Degrees.