Don't bother with physics, it's a waste of time for what you want to do.
Macharius Send a noteboard - 12/01/2011 02:09:30 PM
And I say that because I got my physics degree, and am having to go back to school and learn many things that were never part of my curriculum. I'm currently doing corporate finance, and am planning on transitioning to financial markets.
Undergraduate physics is geared 110% towards graduate study: if you don't plan on graduate study in physics, don't plan on taking enough courses to satisfy a major. Take a minor if you want, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. With a BS in physics, all you're able to do is work problems out of a book and rinky-dink labs. Physicists write programs, yes: but nothing that's really applicable to a business setting beyond the experience of programming that you'll get doing other things.
If you want to do software developement/engineering, do CS and/or CIS/MIS - ideally CE if your school offers it. For a minor, go with math or statistics.
I really don't understand why you're asking here: go to potential employers and ask them what they find most impressive in job candidates... don't rely on what other people tell you employers want: get it from the horse's mouth yourself!
Undergraduate physics is geared 110% towards graduate study: if you don't plan on graduate study in physics, don't plan on taking enough courses to satisfy a major. Take a minor if you want, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. With a BS in physics, all you're able to do is work problems out of a book and rinky-dink labs. Physicists write programs, yes: but nothing that's really applicable to a business setting beyond the experience of programming that you'll get doing other things.
If you want to do software developement/engineering, do CS and/or CIS/MIS - ideally CE if your school offers it. For a minor, go with math or statistics.
I really don't understand why you're asking here: go to potential employers and ask them what they find most impressive in job candidates... don't rely on what other people tell you employers want: get it from the horse's mouth yourself!
/NSSP: Alright, internet, I have a major decision to make.
- 12/01/2011 05:25:23 AM
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I don't understand why you would major in physics when you know you want to work in CS.
- 12/01/2011 01:56:48 PM
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Don't bother with physics, it's a waste of time for what you want to do.
- 12/01/2011 02:09:30 PM
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I work for a high tech company and we hire a lot of software engineers
- 12/01/2011 02:23:31 PM
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Physics degrees are aimed at graduate work, and minors are rare in my experience
- 12/01/2011 03:08:49 PM
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as someone who has majored in both (two separate stints at school)....
- 12/01/2011 04:03:41 PM
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Re: as someone who has majored in both (two separate stints at school)....
- 12/01/2011 04:17:16 PM
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How many physics majors do we have here not working in the field of physics? At least four.
- 13/01/2011 01:47:27 AM
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