<p>I'm a rising sophomore double majoring in music tech and computer science, and hope to have a career as an audio/tools programmer or DSP software developer. I'm of course planning on applying for internships for next summer, but given that I'm a sophomore I'm not quite sure how likely I'll be to get one. However, there's a really neat music software REU that I appear to be well-qualified for, and I'm wondering whether that would be all that beneficial for somebody who has essentially no interest in entering academia (I may get a masters degree at some point, but that's a long way away). Obviously this is all a little early and there's no guarantee I get anything that I apply to, but is an REU a waste of time if (for the foreseeable future) I just want to work in the industry?</p>
<p>I should add that due to my double major I think I'll have fewer CS courses by the end of my sophomore year than your average CS major- only a few programming classes in Java and C++ and mayyybe either C or computer architecture.</p>