Any point in a math minor?

Mokonon
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:33:27 +0000

Again, I think you should look beyond the job interview. I doubt that a minor in archeology will give you an edge over other applicants in terms of getting a call back for an interview. And once you get to an in-person interview, getting an offer depends on how you come across and how well you know the technical stuff. If getting a software job at Google or Apple is your primary objective, rather than going around and collecting minors like so many merit badges, a better use of your time would be to take fewer courses and contribute to an interesting open source project.

I’m not trying to dissuade you from taking more Archeology course. I just think you should take them because you enjoy them, and not because they will help you get a software job, because they won’t.