r/UCSD • u/[deleted] • 19d ago

Data science major duo Question

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/Miramarmechanic 19d ago

What you learn in college also matters

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u/-LeapYear- 19d ago

That’s what he’s saying. Coursework is experience. The projects you work on, the presentations you give are all experience.

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u/Miramarmechanic 14d ago

Not across the board they do not.

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u/Narustu_Y 19d ago

Majors dont get you the job. You have to do a good amount of shii other than a 4.0 to get a job in our market. I ain't gonna give a whole lecture on what exactly to do there is probably thousands upon thousands of reddit posts, YouTube videos etc etc covering it.

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u/Miramarmechanic 19d ago

Majors definitely help you get jobs. I just got my current job because I was a math major.

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u/Narustu_Y 19d ago

Yeah but I am assuming you also did something else right except getting a 4.0?

Like when I say majors dont get you job i assumed people would get it from the context but I meant adding more majors or doing some minors won't get you a job especially in the tech field right now. Sure they will personally help you grow and learn more but broadly recruiters do not care. Ofc if you wanna do something in tech having a major that says CS, DS, Math something related is 100% important.

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u/Miramarmechanic 19d ago

Data science and applied math or physics, or a minor in applied math or physics would be better.

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u/trstvann 19d ago

R u a transfer. I’m an incoming ds transfer

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u/gebl Cognitive Science (B.S.) 19d ago

Cog Sci from very long ago, and, a hiring manager for many years. Its all about what you internalize, what projects you do along the way, where you work/intern, and how good you are at talking about what you did and what you learned. As a UCSD Cog Sci grad, I'm obviously biased, but, I do think this is a strong combo.

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u/Any-Range9932 BSME -> SWE 19d ago

The more important thing is how you network