<p>Hi, I am a computer science "would-be" sophomore. I was thinking of double majoring or at least minoring in Mathematics. Please let me know if there is any other subjects apart from Mathematics, than can be a good combination with Computer Science. Any responses would be highly appreciated.</p>
<p>Relatively common, it really depends on what you want to do with you degree though...</p>
<p>You can check many of my posts and I believe that a Double Major with Honours in Mathematics with Computing is the best undergrad degree. When I compare my engineering friends (chemical eng) with those of Maths/Computing there is no comparison. All the math grads hold very good management positions whereby engineering grads have not progressed to the same level (most in middle management).</p>
<p>I do not know why this is the case but a personal theory is that there are fewer Maths grads whereby there are many engineering grads. Maths is also good if you are interested in financial risk modeling.</p>
<p>Thank you guys. toronto_guy, that was a nice suggestion.
Any more suggestions please?</p>
<p>toronto-you sure about that? I'm majoring in chem E. Where do you currently work? If you dont mind me(my?) asking.</p>
<p>Well, if you are interested in financial math (risk modeling, aka financial engineering) a good combination would be Maths + Economics. A friend of mine did this degree and now runs part of an equities trading group.</p>
<p>Financial Engineering is where it is at. I also have a few buddies doing that and they are doing very well...plus it helps them at their own investments.</p>
<p>But we are talking the operations research, optimization, stochastic processes area of mathematics....martingales and stuff. That stuff will make your head hurt.</p>
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You can check many of my posts and I believe that a Double Major with Honours in Mathematics with Computing is the best undergrad degree. When I compare my engineering friends (chemical eng) with those of Maths/Computing there is no comparison. All the math grads hold very good management positions whereby engineering grads have not progressed to the same level (most in middle management).</p>
<p>I do not know why this is the case but a personal theory is that there are fewer Maths grads whereby there are many engineering grads. Maths is also good if you are interested in financial risk modeling.
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Well, if you are interested in financial math (risk modeling, aka financial engineering) a good combination would be Maths + Economics. A friend of mine did this degree and now runs part of an equities trading group.
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<p>There seems to be some confusion here, specifically what you major in and what JOB you have. You don't have to take a job in what you major in. </p>
<p>There is little doubt that if you want to make a lot of money, you should get into investment banking and other financial services. However, you DON'T need a specific degree to get into such a field. I've known many engineers (EE, ChemE, ME, etc.) who've gone into banking. Heck, I've even known some humanities students who've gone into banking. For example, I know a girl who got a BA and MA in Classics who is a Wall Street investment banker. {Of course the fact that she got those degrees at Harvard and Oxford, and then ater got an MBA at MIT had a lot to do with it}. </p>
<p>Clearly the people who major in math or CS and go into banking will do better than the engineers who go into engineering. But that says more about the INDUSTRY than about the degree. Engineers who go into banking also do extremely well. Heck, people who major in anything, i.e. Classics, but who get into banking do quite well. </p>
<p>The point is, if all you care about is making money, then just try to get into banking, regardless of what you major in. The banks don't care what you majored in. On the other hand, those people with math/CS people who end up in regular jobs don't do as well, on average, as engineers do.</p>
<p>Well that raises two questions. The first is whether comp sci majors have a better chance of getting into ibanking than do other types of engineers. To this, the answer seems to be a no. </p>
<p>The second question is how do the backup careers of computer science compare to the backup careers of other engineering disciplines, say chem engineering. </p>
<p>As for this question, I am not sure what the answer is. </p>
<p>Sakky, why do you think that other engineers do better than the cs people. In terms of starting salaries, cs majors seem to do pretty well, at least in line with most other engineering majors?</p>
<p>What do you thing are the prospects of cs majors in the next 10-15 years and how do you see these prospects in comparison to other engineering majors.</p>