/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>55841624
what the fuck would you do with a math degree? it’s pointless unless you plan to go to grad school

>>55841637
What would be an alternative?

>>55841624
You get the degree so HR doesn't throw your resume out.
Read math books if you like, I minored in it because I just enjoyed it that much but getting two degrees is an absolute waste of money.

>>55841624
no you are fucking trust fund baby retard who wants to do two degrees at once like some over achiever woman who will be pitied by every professor for their pronouns and you will too because I bet you are a fag
if you want a real answer CS is programming and calc 2 and some other math whereas maths will give you all the pure maths and it's better to do maths with programming as a hobby because you will have more time on the side to be creative
then just makeup a bunch of projects that have neat visual displays or w/e and put it on your resume as if it generated money or maybe it did

>>55841681
I've met math people who are absolute crap at programming but yeah a CS degree won't change that. Either you get it or you don't.

>>55841624
CS degree alone will continue to become less valuable by itself. But if you can pair it with something like econ or math, then develop an actual skill set then you'll be fine
or what >>55841679 said just minor in it to prove you can code
All depends what youre interested in really

CS is oversaturated. It's the male version of women getting a psychology degree. Go learn to be a plumber.

>>55841750
Is econ a bad degree? I hear mixed opinions about it. On one hand, people say its unemployable, while others say it's a prestigious degree sought after if you take the quantitative route with something like econometrics.

>>55841624
studying for any degree right now is retarded. education costs are at all time high and wagie/tradies are getting the highest salaries ever. if you work at UPS for 3 years rather than get a degree you will make more than cs faggots who spend that time in school for an 80k/year entry level junior developer salary and come out with 50k in loan debt

>>55841752
Unironically considering this. Trade jobs are becoming shorter in supply as more and more suckers go to college.

>>55841769
Always heard econ is like a humanities degree. Really good at good schools, pointless at normal schools

>>55841779
I think studying for a degree was always retarded if your primary motivation is money.

>>55841750
I've realized my post wasn't clear. I minored in math and got a CS degree but it probably doesn't matter which way you go.
Again it's just HR looking at this stuff. The technical interview proves you can code (unless it's put together by retards but you probably don't want to work at a place like that anyway.)

>>55841807
What rank in the world would a good school be? Top X?

>>55841789
trade jobs are also for suckers
wageslave for 60 years in an unstable housing market so that mr shekelsteins mansion still exists, being a plumber is an insult go slop around in mr shekelsteins shit
do the math degree, do CS on the side, use your math skills to conjure a realistic or not realistic programming scam then you have a life otherwise you will just be a tradie wagie nepo slave

>>55841826
Yeah despite the shortage and high pay trades still manage to be overrated.
We're not really experiencing a trade worker shortage per se it's more of a demographic slump across the board. It's just that trades are the only thing you really can't bullshit/automate/immigrate away so it's the only place people are really noticing it.

>>55841826
A plumber can start a business easily. Goodluck opening up a math store.

>>55841845
>Goodluck opening up a math store.
The word you're looking for is consultancy and yes you can do this easily too.
Running your own business sucks. You have to do a bunch of extra work that gets done for free when you're an employee and you're *directly* exposed to market conditions which get absorbed in a larger corporation.

Statistics is better than Math. More high paying jobs

>>55841868
Nobody needs math consulting. Everyone's home and business needs plumbing. You're the female equivalent of a female getting a psychology degree.

>>55841752
>>55841845
>>55841913

It's obvious you're not a plumber. Your some WFH computer guy who doesn't want others to go into the field

>>55841913
Plumbing is one of the easiest things to DIY. I've re plumbed my whole house on my own. I doubt you put the OS you're running to post that on your own, something I got paid to do when I was consulting in college.

>>55841976
This country is full of women and CS majors that can't do plumbing.

>>55841624
You can just tell the person who made this is a fucking incel

>>55841976
>hiring a math consultant to install an os

>>55842003
>Thinking embedded system firmware design is "installing an OS."

>>55841637
There are a lot of companies which just need someone who can spot the strings that pull reality around, and manipulate a model of them. Engineers and scientists can handle much of the former, but nothing beats a career mathematician in the latter. Mathematicians get good work in lots of high paying industries like petroleum, medicine, and computing.

>>55841823
ask yourself if you'd be impressed if someone told you they studied econ at harvard, UCLA, princeton? now what about university of idaho lol

>>55841624
Honestly it is frustrating how hard it has become to choose a career these days. Mathematics and programming used to be one of the most sought after careers but lately most people recommend that if you go for a mathematics career you should either go for a graduate degree (it's useless if you don't) or focus directly on programming, even better with a focus on neural networks and artificial intelligence. Business and management is not even that affordable anymore because of the huge amount of graduates they have (and that, redundantly, are out of work unless they have strong contacts).
I say this from experience, I have a degree in IT with a postgraduate degree in information technology and several programming courses on my shoulder and I still find it difficult to get a job. I have an interview the day after tomorrow to join the x.com team (the token, not the site) and according to them they have "close ties" with elon musk. As long as I get paid I guess it's ok.

>>55841637
Dunno about OP but I got a minor in Math because it was literally one more class than required for CS so why not eh. Did it matter? Probably not. Better use of my time than playing CS:S though.

>>55842306
If you're an autodadict and naturally competent the degree you pick doesn't matter as long as it has enough basics (math, philosophy, basic programming etc.) Your side projects and the market will then determine your career.

>>55841624
lmao JFLLLL at starting right NOW CS degree at 2023. it's should be bunched with art degree and other useless degrees and replaceable skills

every 18 years can coode like senior nowdays and gpt code interperter proved how replaceable that skill really is

>>55841845
>A plumber can start a business easily

>>55844178
I refuse to believe anyone but the OP of that image could believe that retarded horseshit. My grandfather did plenty of that and guess what? HE USED HEAVY MACHINERY. Imagine the kind of naive troglodyte that would try to make money by manually digging out giant septic tank pit. Jesus Christ what a dipshit.

>>55841624
your degree and major only really matters for getting your first job. if i were you i wouldn't pursue a second major unless you want to do something math heavy and you think it might separate you from your peers for landing that first job. i hardly look at education on resumes when i hire developers. i care about your past work experience or personal projects. schoolwork just doesn't mean a whole lot as 90% of the time it's youtube tutorial baby shit.

>>55841624
wheres mechanical engineering?