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Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by jfv on Sunday September 24, 2017 @08:51PM (#15327341)
Are you a working software engineer already? If so, you might want to wait until you know what you want to study before aimlessly pursuing a degree.

Also this is a pretty lazy post. More details than 'experienced dev' would be appreciated

Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by loukrazy on Sunday September 24, 2017 @10:40PM (#15327728)
If you must, do statistics, machine learning, or "data science". If you are already an experienced dev, a CS or Math degree is not going to give you anything that you dont already have.
Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by ivan_ah on Sunday September 24, 2017 @11:11PM (#15327818)
Math and (theoretical) CS are pretty much the same — you will have a lot of mind expanding experiences and build up your theoretical toolset.
Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by PaulHoule on Sunday September 24, 2017 @06:55PM (#15326957)
Are you an experienced dev who wants to get a BS degree?
Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by anonymoushn on Sunday September 24, 2017 @08:17PM (#15327231)
Why do you want a degree? The main point of that seems to be immigration.
Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by g00gler on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:06AM (#15331043)
I've considered a degree because I'm not very good at algorithms and have next to no interest spending time doing this on my own.

That being said I've decided against it because, who cares? I'd rather build up my portfolio.

Re:Ask HN: CS, Maths or some other degree for an experienced... by CharlesDodgson on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:47PM (#15353042)
Do something multidisciplinary like GIS, you'll learn all the interesting geography bits as well as working with spatial data. It's an interesting field and the technology is becoming increasingly relevant.