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Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Wow. My kid is a CS major at UMD and needs Calc 3, 200-level Linear, 200-level Diff Eq and 400 level stats. He's getting a MINOR in math and will be taking 400-level Adv Calculus, Linear, Number Theory and harmonic analysis.

But the entire second half aren’t requirements, nor is number theory and harmonic analysis enriching his CS path

Number theory plays a crucial role in modern cryptography, especially in securing online communications and data.
Algorithms and data structures often rely on number-theoretic concepts.
Error-correcting codes utilize principles from number theory.
Harmonic analysis concepts, like kernel methods and spectral clustering, are applied in machine learning algorithms.
Harmonic analysis provides tools for analyzing large datasets, identifying patterns, and extracting meaningful insights.

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Anonymous wrote:What is taught CS in school is very basic? Out in industry, you need to certificate in Oracle, UNIX,microsoft, network, etc... Technology is constantly changing... It is better to major in something and minor in CS. Employer expect you already know programming. Pure programming jobs are offshore.

My kid's CS courses assume you know coding languages or learn them quickly to catch up. Some course are taught with made up languages as the base to even the playing field because it's not about the coding language. They aren't teaching "coding." Students get those certificates on their own outside of the degree if a job requires it because that's not what the degree is about.

Why do people keep posting about 'pure programming'?

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Wow. My kid is a CS major at UMD and needs Calc 3, 200-level Linear, 200-level Diff Eq and 400 level stats. He's getting a MINOR in math and will be taking 400-level Adv Calculus, Linear, Number Theory and harmonic analysis.

But the entire second half aren’t requirements, nor is number theory and harmonic analysis enriching his CS path

Number theory plays a crucial role in modern cryptography, especially in securing online communications and data.
Algorithms and data structures often rely on number-theoretic concepts.
Error-correcting codes utilize principles from number theory.
Harmonic analysis concepts, like kernel methods and spectral clustering, are applied in machine learning algorithms.
Harmonic analysis provides tools for analyzing large datasets, identifying patterns, and extracting meaningful insights.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Wow. My kid is a CS major at UMD and needs Calc 3, 200-level Linear, 200-level Diff Eq and 400 level stats. He's getting a MINOR in math and will be taking 400-level Adv Calculus, Linear, Number Theory and harmonic analysis.

But the entire second half aren’t requirements, nor is number theory and harmonic analysis enriching his CS path

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Wow. My kid is a CS major at UMD and needs Calc 3, 200-level Linear, 200-level Diff Eq and 400 level stats. He's getting a MINOR in math and will be taking 400-level Adv Calculus, Linear, Number Theory and harmonic analysis.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Anonymous wrote:You can't just be CS now. Everyone knows how to code or say they can code. All engineering students take to CS class. Young kids go to coding camp in the summer. Core CS programmer are off-shores (Indian). Unless you are in a specific area like Finance and minor CS or Biomedical and minor CS, it will be hard to get a job. US CS graduate most likely do quality assurance and project manager on off-shore programming staffs. Have only CS degree is not the way to go.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Name the college. I’m calling BS. DP but it’s rare to see a basic CS major require more than just linear Algebra, calc, and maybe diffeq

+1. CS students typically take theory of computation, discrete math and algorithms . The proofs in those courses are nowhere near the rigor of the proofs in a course like Real analysis. I don't know any CS undergrad program that requires their students to know lebegue integration for example. Maybe Stanford or MIT or Berkeley.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Name the college. I’m calling BS. DP but it’s rare to see a basic CS major require more than just linear Algebra, calc, and maybe diffeq

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

The courses you list are required in my CS degree. It's very math heavy.

Anonymous wrote:If you have a child who wants to study computer science please tell them to major in pure mathematics and minor in computer science instead. I am a machine learning engineer and makes $300k. Most machine learning positions are research positions where you need the ability to turn theoretical algorithms into a product. The courses I took in Abstract algebra, topology, differential geometry, and Real Analysis are extremely useful.

Unfortunately, math majors are a rare bread. And the reason is that math departments do a very poor jobs highlighting the diverse careers of their pure math graduates. I think pure mathematics is the best major.

Anonymous wrote:What is taught CS in school is very basic? Out in industry, you need to certificate in Oracle, UNIX,microsoft, network, etc... Technology is constantly changing... It is better to major in something and minor in CS. Employer expect you already know programming. Pure programming jobs are offshore.

Anonymous wrote:You can't just be CS now. Everyone knows how to code or say they can code. All engineering students take to CS class. Young kids go to coding camp in the summer. Core CS programmer are off-shores (Indian). Unless you are in a specific area like Finance and minor CS or Biomedical and minor CS, it will be hard to get a job. US CS graduate most likely do quality assurance and project manager on off-shore programming staffs. Have only CS degree is not the way to go.