What Patrick McKenzie thinks about mathematics
Software engineer and writer, known online as patio11. Ran the small software business Bingo Card Creator and Starfighter, then worked at Stripe; writes about the mechanics of money at Bits about Money and wrote for years at Kalzumeus about careers, negotiation and the business of software.
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1 dated position, 2011, in their own words. Our reading of what Patrick McKenzie has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingAcademic credentials — grades, major, the prestige of the degree — barely matter to industry hiring.
Their wordsYour major and minor don’t matter. Most decisionmakers in industry couldn’t tell the difference between a major in Computer Science and a major in Mathematics if they tried.
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