kalium comments on Open thread, 11-17 March 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kalium 12 March 2014 04:38:48AM 1 point [-]

my university is making it needlessly difficult for me to choose CS as a second major

I expect that if you take enough in-major classes to learn the right skillset the lack of a degree in the field won't be a huge obstacle. Though if your major is totally non-technical this might not hold. Anyway, studying CS but not getting a full second major is an option worth considering.

Comment author: gothgirl420666 12 March 2014 06:09:31AM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the advice, but it doesn't work that way. The problem is that, for some indiscernible reason, in order to get the art degree I need to take 48 credits in the school of arts and sciences (i.e. an entire year and a half). So it would be much easier to have a second major in the arts and sciences (e.g. math or economics) instead of the school of engineering.