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Somehow I have a hard time believing that if you have a math major, the only difference between you waiting tables and living on the brink of poverty or making
by GuiA 11y ago
Somehow I have a hard time believing that if you have a math major, the only difference between you waiting tables and living on the brink of poverty or making bank as a software engineer is a 3 months Ruby course (I have a double math/CS major); I feel like there may be something more going on here. I'm happy for the gentleman's success, but it seems like a poor example to use in any case.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoShouldn't a math degree already have at least a little programming? Matlab? Python? Something?
- browles 11y agoShould? Maybe. But plenty of math graduates have little to no programming experience, even from top schools.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoInteresting. I did not know that. So do math majors do any numerical analysis?
- DavidHm 11y agoProbably some mathlab, but it really depends on the course/ university. For example in Europe many courses focus on pure theory.
- jdminhbg 11y agoI don't have trouble believing that a short course to learn to use tools that put his previously-acquired math knowledge to good use drastically increases his productivity.