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		sireat on June 19, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Should I get my degree or not? In fact, Peteris from catonmat.net did just that, get a physics degree instead of CS.

nebusoft on June 21, 2010 [–]

I did the same. After 2 semesters of CS, I switched to Physics. I still work as a software engineer, but paying to not learn anything is a waste of time. Physics is much more interesting in academia.

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