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A comment on Ask HN: How do I choose between software engineering and data science?.

Re:Ask HN: How do I choose between software engineering and ... by daxorid on Monday August 20, 2018 @04:25PM (#17803621)
> but they expect knowledge of data structures/algorithms and programming languages that I don't have (I'm not a CS major)

What about not being a CS major prevents you from picking up Sedgewick or a programming language reference?

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Re:Ask HN: How do I choose between software engineering and ... by khannate on Monday August 20, 2018 @04:46PM (#17803800)
Nothing. What does prevent me is the timeline on which I'm applying and other things I have to do in that same stretch. I'm hoping to do exactly this sometime in the next two or three years, but I don't think it'll be an option for this application cycle.
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