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CS vs Math - Choosing major help
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Hie all, thank you for the responses...My heart is in mathematics and I think that is what I will do. I do have the fear that it may not be the most employable but I love doing math. It is frustrating but I love it to the point that even after a night out and I come home under the influence I find myself trying to do one or two problems. Lets see what happens, maybe I end up with egg on my face or I end up working within operations research. Thank you for your answers  Heart Heart Heart Heart
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I think statistics, bioinformatics, mathematics, data science, data analytics, and big data are more in line with your interests and goals. There are also a lot of people with physics degrees working in math-related occupations.

If you fail to get into academics, government agencies are always looking for statisticians, and insurance companies are always looking for actuaries.
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Perhaps you can do a grad certificate in Data Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Software Engineering, etc after your math degree Smile

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(05-20-2019, 08:41 PM)Ideas Wrote: Perhaps you can do a grad certificate in Data Analytics, Finance, Accounting, Software Engineering, etc after your math degree Smile

Really, no matter how you do it, you'll make a funnel. You'll either START with a generic degree that is followed up with specialized training/education or you'll START with a specific degree that is followed up with highly specialized training/education.

In other words, you'll eventually need to get to the place where you are highly specialized - how long it takes you to realize what that will be is up to you and your ability to choose.

Bouncing around "trying out" entry-level positions in various careers doesn't hurt you, but it doesn't help you become specialized at anything. If you can make the use of your time during your gen eds to put a fine point on your arrow, you'll be much more efficient and your pathway to "mid-career" might only take you 5-10 years instead of 25.
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I agree with davewill on his thoughts on the CS degree. Bootcamps seem to be losing steam (?) but a CS degree has and will always be more valuable than short term training. As for math, it seems to be the cornerstone for all things STEM is the math requirements. Want to be make through an engineering, CS or physics program you better know math. A math major can get into any STEM masters with just a few core courses in most cases from seeing friends do that. As others have said, pick a goal and work back from that. Best of luck.
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