Arepo comments on What should a college student do to maximize future earnings for effective altruism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Arepo 28 August 2013 11:44:08AM 1 point [-]

I'd guess these effects are largely not causation, but correlation caused by conscientiousness/ambition causing both double majors and higher earnings.

Unless you're certain of this or have some reason to suspect a factor pulling in the other direction, this still seems to suggest higher expectation from doing a double major.

Comment author: D_Malik 28 August 2013 05:37:09PM *  0 points [-]

I definitely agree, especially considering that double majors aren't even that hard if you plan ahead. (For instance, you can major in math and management science while doing less units than the minimum allowed.)

I've edited the original post with a table on good major/minor combinations.