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I just graduated with a BA in Math (top 30) and have been unable to find a job. So right now I am doing some online undergraduate coursework in Computer Science, since I took no CS courses in undergrad. I'm sort of trying to kill the year while also getting the prereq's for a CS MS, as I realized a BA in Math alone is essentially useless.
The problem is, I really don't see myself working in software engineering in the long term. I really wanted to be an engineer or physicist, but that ship sailed because I didn't take any prereq's freshman year and wouldn't have been able to complete either major, so I "settled" for math. What bums me out about SWE is that little math or science is used. I see the work itself comparable to accounting or finance, no offense to either career or SWE as obviously the work life balance and pay is amazing.
I'm wondering if anybody can comment on the feasibility of the following scenario: let's say I finish the undergrad CS prereq's this year, and apply to some CS Master's programs. I get into a top Master's, then get a job doing something interesting, like numerical simulations in a lab, rather than BigTech/CRUD development.
Am I already too far behind the curve? Is a path like this even feasible for me, and do non-software CS jobs really exist? Or is the probability of my getting such a job so low due to competition at this point that I might as well cut my losses and just go to law school?
The problem is, I really don't see myself working in software engineering in the long term. I really wanted to be an engineer or physicist, but that ship sailed because I didn't take any prereq's freshman year and wouldn't have been able to complete either major, so I "settled" for math. What bums me out about SWE is that little math or science is used. I see the work itself comparable to accounting or finance, no offense to either career or SWE as obviously the work life balance and pay is amazing.
I'm wondering if anybody can comment on the feasibility of the following scenario: let's say I finish the undergrad CS prereq's this year, and apply to some CS Master's programs. I get into a top Master's, then get a job doing something interesting, like numerical simulations in a lab, rather than BigTech/CRUD development.
Am I already too far behind the curve? Is a path like this even feasible for me, and do non-software CS jobs really exist? Or is the probability of my getting such a job so low due to competition at this point that I might as well cut my losses and just go to law school?