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Originally Posted by b9ev
As for me personally, my degree is in pure mathematics. I have never used my degree directly. I do however think that my ability to use logic in a management situation is due in part to my ability to use logic in math. Since we are making clarifications on what a degree means, for those that are unaware math and arithmetic are very different beasts. There are several people that work for me that add, subtract, and multiply better than I do.
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I have found that pure mathematicians and pure physicists make great algorithm designers (and often coders). The problem with a lot of CS programs in United States is lack of math curriculum mostly because mandating serious mathematics classes in CS would result in fewer CS applicants and grads (it is a cultural thing and not the fault of the kids, high school and primary school being the primary culprits). As a result of that a lot of CS departments reorient themselves to teaching purely programming skills, which, IMHO is NOT the point of getting a CS degree. I have often run into the CS grad who is a great Java user (note I intentionally avoided the word programmer here) but lacks the conceptual, logical and other intellectual skills to grasp ideas and problems beyond procedural/scripted thinking of the type "for this situation apply this solution" (in other words they have no intellectual tools to be creative in the math or CS domain).
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