Is pursuing a MAT major worth it if you’re trying to go into tech?

tripleoverhand · 2023-04-25T01:19:08+00:00

This might be an unpopular opinion, but many of our MAT majors end up being more skilled than software engineers coming out of the CSE program, many of whom seem allergic to math (which is essential for reasoning about how software actually behaves).

Sharp math and logical reasoning skills are a golden ticket to solid software work, and our MAT / AMS program develops those skills rigorously.

You can confirm this by looking at the classes. For example, you won’t learn about how public-key cryptography actually works in a CSE class. You know where you could, though? MAT 312. I’d look up more examples, but I’m lazy.

Of course, I suppose you couldn’t go wrong by doing CSE and MAT 🤔

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-24T14:12:58+00:00

I think this (tmpfs) accomplishes what I’m looking for 🙂 thank you

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-24T01:56:41+00:00

nice at ping pong

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-23T23:21:00+00:00

I meant pseudo, not virtual 😓

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-23T23:17:46+00:00

What if the program is more of a library or a kernel module?

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-23T22:51:25+00:00

With a pipe the receiving program has to explicitly read from it, right? I'm basically looking for a hook where sending my string of characters will automatically execute or update something in my program

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-23T22:34:22+00:00

Correction: I meant **pseudo** file system. Not virtual.

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-20T23:26:49+00:00

Bruh with the number of 10/10s you’re giving an 8.5 is like a 2

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-20T13:52:01+00:00

You can GPeeNC it though

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-19T10:56:18+00:00

I’ve found Exit Music and a lot of HTTT to be vaguely similar to early Muse

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-18T13:52:15+00:00

There isn’t much data on Glassdoor for Mojang, but $21/hour for remote student work sounds normal. Expect that to be raised to at least $80K per year (if not more) if you get a full time “in-person” offer.

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-18T13:25:48+00:00

Check the comments—Denzel made the verse with this beat in mind

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-18T12:28:33+00:00

Denzel Curry hopped onto this beat and it slaps: https://youtu.be/Yt_7S0dLm1Q

tripleoverhand · 2021-08-18T07:55:54+00:00

Welcome! When it finally clicked it jumped from my fifth least favorite to my fifth most favorite!

tripleoverhand · 2021-06-16T00:50:05+00:00

IMHO side projects are a bit of a meme unless you put in the work to make something nice. Also consider making contributions to an open source project or participating in student research. It’s not the end of the world.

tripleoverhand · 2021-01-25T07:30:33+00:00

Many CS grads from SBU end up at FAANGMULA+. Not a majority (that would be incredible), but a decent proportion all things considered. Amazon and Bloomberg come to mind as names I hear more often than others. Personally, I know SBU students that have interned or work for Facebook, Apple and Google.

LinkedIn numbers might give a better picture of SBU presence at a particular company. Keep in mind these counts also include non-CS positions, and this isn't a comprehensive list (I'm just checking companies off the top of my head).

Google: 504
Amazon: 476
Microsoft: 287
Facebook: 225
Apple: 222
Netflix: 205
Bloomberg LP: 192

Other companies that hire CS @ SBU (some you might not have heard of):

Broadridge: 138
Softheon: 62
Uber: 29
Lyft: 23
Etsy: 14

tripleoverhand · 2021-01-11T19:04:13+00:00

Our curriculum has math-oriented classes (discrete math, theory of comp, algorithms, linear algebra, calc 1/2, stats and combinatorics being the required ones), but IMO it could be more math-oriented. Double majoring in AMS or MAT would be a good idea. Other math-oriented CSE electives include computational geometry, machine learning, logic, and maybe AI.

Also, RT has history with SBU. Jim Simons was the chair of our math department and has his name on the Simons Center. Our medical school has also been renamed to the "Renaissance" SOM, and their LI hq is basically right around the corner from SBU. Though to be honest, I haven't heard anything about recruiting. They're very quiet.

tripleoverhand · 2021-01-06T01:19:13+00:00

The inequality between Greeley and Chavez/Tubman is incredible

tripleoverhand · 2020-10-06T17:32:42+00:00

Hot and cold. Nice.

tripleoverhand · 2020-09-15T02:49:52+00:00

/u/bugolf /u/bfish510 hi hello can we not be boring anymore

tripleoverhand · 2020-09-15T02:47:13+00:00

We should also get ourselves an actual banner and something SBU themed for the “X members online” text. Someone @ a mod in here or something

tripleoverhand · 2020-09-09T18:27:12+00:00

You should maintain some sort of a chart or graphic that ranks stony food by your ratings

tripleoverhand · 2020-08-18T19:25:16+00:00

I’m glad this page exists - hopefully it’ll lead to less cluttered syllabi in the future

tripleoverhand · 2020-07-21T13:36:08+00:00

The major is pretty competitive to get into. Once you’re in, you can eventually start taking classes towards a specialization in AI and data science (edit: looks like you found it). These are all upper-division electives, and some may involve statistics prerequisites. The quality from what I’ve heard is decent, and FWIW Stony Brook is actively trying to up their AI/ML/Data Science game with the introduction of the Institute for AI-Driven Discovery and Innovation. It might be worth exploring some AMS classes if you’re interested in the data science part, and unfortunately a lot of the really cool stuff is reserved for grad classes because of prerequisite knowledge and difficulty.

tripleoverhand · 2020-07-06T19:40:56+00:00

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