Careers for Business and Computer Science double major?

AoDay
Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:20:02 +0000

There is a huge increase in demand for people with comp sci and business dual degrees. I have a finance and mangement background, went into market research full-time and then progressed to learn coding. An IT project manager wouldn’t really ever use both of those degrees as their function is a bit more operational rather than strategic or business driven. A lot of today’s big tech companies are hiring for business, growth, marketing and product analysts that have both business and comp sci backgrounds. The issue is that a lot of schools don’t offer curriculum that provides both of these skill sets since they have historically been relatively siloed in the industry.

Given the scale of consumption, growth, and interconnectedness of markets both on a micro and macro scale, learning comp sci and statistics are crucial for business analysts to make smart and efficient models. Take a look at the job boards for any large tech company and you will likely find a role within the business, product, or marketing divisions that are looking for people with business/cs backgrounds.