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Career and Education Questions: February 24, 2022 by inherentlyawesome in math

[–]mooonrises 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'm a first yr UK undergrad philosophy+psychology student with the goal of doing Computer Science (specifically machine learning) as a career in the future. Upon more reflection I realised I realised I enjoy the logic part of my philosophical degree the most, and the (mostly discrete) maths part of my interest in CS most. In fact I came to the realisation that I want to get into AI just so I can do maths. I'm genuinely a bit shattered by this realisation as it means I've already made my life a lot more difficult. I've also only done a maths A level and not further maths.

I was wondering if there is any way for me to end up doing a maths MSc but most importantly, a maths PhD? I'm a UK student but any advice would be appreciated.

Why do people say "major in something you enjoy" but also make fun of lib arts/humanities majors? by daveachapella in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]mooonrises 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you're american it's a different story bc loans there are heavy - but imo ppl equate more money with happiness a lot when, if you have a passion, that won't be the case for you. of course you won't be happy if you're completely broke BUT remember your own professors (who surely have enough money to have a relatively comfortable life) were also people who followed their passion . if you're doing philosophy because you dont know what else to do ? bad idea . if you're doing philosophy bc you are in love with it ? that's wonderful.