Would having a maths degree put you at that much of a disadvantage against a CS student when it comes to jobs?
31st December 2011
My answer to Would having a maths degree put you at that much of a disadvantage against a CS student when it comes to jobs? on Quora
No. Plenty of the great programmers I know have maths, physics or even literature degrees. Read a couple of classic computer science text books and get some programming projects under your belt and you’ll be fine.
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