computer science or econ?

<p>I'm going to be a freshman at UT-Austin, and was wondering if you would recommend majoring in CS or Econ? As far as my goals are concerned, I'd like to first work at a F500 company to get some experience, eventually get an MBA and work for a international firm that does business on an international level, or a firm like IBM or accenture that is more of a technology firm, but still does business internationally. If I get a job with an international company right out of undergrad that still pays well, then I'd obviously take that over a F500 job, but I guess in short I'd like to either climb my way up the corporate ladder in a company, or do international business. So which degree would be better for accomplishing these goals, keeping in mind that I'm not coming from a HYPS?</p>

<p>1 more question, which would be the best language to learn for the tech/finance industry, besides the asian languages (no interest in them although they are useful). I already know a good amount of spanish and hindi and am obviously fluent in English, but I think I want to add another language, and am particularly interested in either french, arabic, or russian, so which one is best?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>I wouldn't know about the second question, but for the first, judging by your goals, I would say econ. I would not think Computer science would not be necessary for what you want to do.</p>

<p>thanks for the reply, but any others have some opinions on this? The reason I put CS is because I am really interested in technology, and it's a really good backup career in case I fail at business or something lol. Plus, I might just want to do engineering management, or working in a marketing/finance division of a tech company like Microsoft or something, and having good knowledge of their technology would be pretty marketable for a marketing position especially (yes, pun definitely intended :D)</p>

<p>CS is definitely the better choice if you want to get in a firm like IBM or Accenture. Technical skills are very tough to learn on the job and are extremely valuable in a technology company like IBM or Accenture.</p>