Would a major in physics get me anywhere?

Luminouzz
Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:53:45 +0000

Majoring in physics is fine if you learn some programming on the side. It’s easier to self-teach programming than to self-teach physics, so I’d go with physics if you’re passionate about that and learn programming in your free time.

Even if you don’t get hired for a physics job, you’ll probably be able to find a decent paying programming job. I have a couple years of paid work experience and familiarity with the software industry, and employers generally value quantitative degrees. The software industry hires plenty of people that didn’t major in computer science, but instead studied something quantitative and learned programming on the side.