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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid considering a physics or math major and wonder the same thing. I think an engineering or applied math degree would be more practical, but I get why DC is more interested in studying physics or pure math. I hope that the pure physics or math degree will open doors for jobs or grad school if paired with a practical minor. [/quote]

Be clear-eyed on what he's going to do after undergrad. We have two kids in our extended family that went to CMU - one for math and one for physics - and both struggled to get jobs after undergrad. One of them did a minor in CS (he stayed an extra semester to get the courses needed) before he landed a programming gig and the other (math) I think went on to grad school. This was during the CS boom days, pre-covid.[/quote]

This is worth noting. Both math and physics are degrees that require selling yourself to employers. There are people around here that suggest these are the mark of genius and some sort of automatic pass. Not true, hiring mangers still need to see boxes checked, and that's assuming the resume makes it into the stack in the first place. Many people still see these as navel gazing degrees. When they say [i]you must be smart[/i] they just can't think of anything else to say. And they are not wrong, extra study without practical application is not a flex.[/quote]

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