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Hey TL,
Now, I know there are a bunch of college/university students out here and also graduates. I just need some advice. I'm currently a Software engineering student and will graduate with a BSE but I would also like to do a minor in a math field, namely, Combinatorics & Optimization. Is this a good decision? What are the cost/benefits of this?
Also, if you agree that it's a good decision, is it alot worse if I wanted to do a double minor in both C&O and Computational mathematics?
*assume I do not need to extend my university period
*assume I'm smart enough (lol)
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Are you referring to some sort of graduate training in computational mathematics and/or combinatorics? Most (good) graduate schools have fundings that will cover your tuition and living cost.
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It's totally up to you. Honestly, your education isn't nearly as important as your experience unless you want to go to grad school. On the other hand, learning newer concepts will make you a more rounded student (and that's the point of an education, right?).
I'm a bit biased since I graduated in five years with three minors, but it was totally worth it! From a grad student's perspective the minors helped a lot, but they didn't do a lot for my two internships (I'm an engineer). In the end they greatly enhanced my learning and I wouldn't have done it differently!
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no, these are undergraduate minors.
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If you are interested in that field and find it worth your time to pursue, go for it. More education never hurt anyone. But if you want to get the most bang for your buck, or have an unstable economic support, I would just try to get your BSE degree asap and then come back to school if you find that you wanted to get back into mathematics. A math degree is nice, but pretty much only useful if you want to be in the education field. Don't get me wrong there are other potential uses, but I guess it depends on your economic stability, and how early you need to graduate.
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It depends on what you are interested in.
If you want to do some research, go ahead.
If you want to work as a developer or an IT service consultant, you should better do a minor in business or finance. It helps A LOT to understand the functional needs of your customer, and that's what will make you a good consultant and project leader after only a year or two. If you struggle with functional concepts, you'll be an underling for longer.
You should tell us more about your motivations, and the career you expect. It's not because it's called a minor that's it won't have a major impact on your career.
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well, I want to become a software engineer/developer. Basically work with code and innovate stuff. but does doing business/finance help in becoming a better project leader?
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On January 28 2011 12:56 D4L[invd] wrote:
well, I want to become a software engineer/developer. Basically work with code and innovate stuff. but does doing business/finance help in becoming a better project leader?
It really depends on who you want to work for. If you are a project leader at Broadcom or Cisco coding drivers for a new network adapter, sure business finance is not gonna help much (you'll still need to be aware of the cost management of the project, but it's ok).
But if you work for any IT services or consulting company, you'll have to implement applications such as CRMs, business intelligence tools, etc. If you are not to understand correctly the functional concepts and needs of your customers, you will be an underling.
I work for a business intelligence consulting company, implementing mainly Oracle products. Because I minored in business, I am invited to the meetings to discuss about the requirements and specifications, and I am able to do a higher level job than if I was only competent in IT. Our company also employs people with master degrees in IT as Java developers, and unfortunately for them, these guys are gonna be Java developers for the next years at least.
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honestly find a counselor on your school
unless someone from TL goes to your specific school the counselor will give better advice
we don't know what kind of companies go to your career fairs or where people with double minors end up
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