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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by gschiller on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:29AM (#6170838)
I want to be an entrepreneur and CS seems the clearest path to that.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by dsymonds on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:31AM (#6170845)
That seems like a terrible approach. Why not major in business or economics?
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by nostrademons on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:59AM (#6170936)
CS is a better major for an entrepreneur than either business or economics. Marc Andreesen recommends engineering or other hard sciences:

http://sloentrepreneur.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/the-pmarca-g...

(My former cofounder was a psych undergrad + MBA, my girlfriend is a business undergrad + MBA, and I've got many more startup offers from people wanting to found companies with me than either of them.)

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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by keiferski on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @09:47AM (#6172756)
If and ONLY if you want to start a tech startup. CS is relatively useless if you want to start a restaurant, fashion label, or virtually any business not related to technology.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by nostrademons on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:15PM (#6173745)
That's true, but I doubt that the OP would be posting on "Hacker News" if he wanted to start a restaurant, fashion label, or virtually any business not related to technology.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by t0 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @12:48AM (#6170901)
You really need CS and Business. Learn the other in your free time or take both.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the reasons not to go into computer scie... by brudgers on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:50AM (#6171927)
The clearest path to entrepreneurship is starting and running a business - e.g. mowing lawns, selling tee shirts, etc. The blunt truth is it also helps to come from wealth and have entrepreneurs in the family tree.

That's not to say that there are not other paths, but entrepreneurship works well in the Bill Gates model - he and Allen were in the software business in high school.

A business which fell out of their passion for programming. If Gates had followed the money as a teenager, he probably would have gone into the family business - law.

Good luck.

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