After perusing advice from the comments and checking the details of the majors I listed above, the ones that seem to promise the most utility would be CompSci, Math/Mathematical Sciences, or “Economics and Mathematics/Statistics” (a single joined major, not a double major). I’m not particularly drawn to software design, so CS is an option I’d put on the backburner at this point. MathSci is a combination of CS, stats, and math; either that, or econ/stats or econ/math I think could open doors to good salaried employment (i.e., actuary, accountant, finance, various businesses(?), etc.). It would be easy to double major in one of those with HPS, or a minor in philosophy, which are flexible, and I can take cool courses like this.
Studying neuroeconomics would be interesting grad work; this is motivating me to consider taking more psych/neuroscience.
On VC entrepeunership: to quote christina,
some fields have a few very prominent successes who make crazy amounts of money and a large number of talented, hardworking individuals who make almost nothing. Do not assume you will be one of the few prominent successes, regardless of your talent or ability to work hard.
Not to begrudge those of you aiming for VC success, but I don’t personally see myself as the ambitious kind who takes risks with my brilliant idea and succeeds in such a field. At least, not without some collaborators, which would hardly make it my business anyways. I consider questions posed on 80000 hours about career choice and utility too, but those are separate questions I’m not prepared to answer quite yet.
Thanks for the links from Study Hacks and other sites. I’m confident enough in my skills to have a life outside of a career so that my career won’t define my life, unless I happen to fall into a really fun career anyways.
After perusing advice from the comments and checking the details of the majors I listed above, the ones that seem to promise the most utility would be CompSci, Math/Mathematical Sciences, or “Economics and Mathematics/Statistics” (a single joined major, not a double major). I’m not particularly drawn to software design, so CS is an option I’d put on the backburner at this point. MathSci is a combination of CS, stats, and math; either that, or econ/stats or econ/math I think could open doors to good salaried employment (i.e., actuary, accountant, finance, various businesses(?), etc.). It would be easy to double major in one of those with HPS, or a minor in philosophy, which are flexible, and I can take cool courses like this. Studying neuroeconomics would be interesting grad work; this is motivating me to consider taking more psych/neuroscience.
On VC entrepeunership: to quote christina,
Not to begrudge those of you aiming for VC success, but I don’t personally see myself as the ambitious kind who takes risks with my brilliant idea and succeeds in such a field. At least, not without some collaborators, which would hardly make it my business anyways. I consider questions posed on 80000 hours about career choice and utility too, but those are separate questions I’m not prepared to answer quite yet.
Thanks for the links from Study Hacks and other sites. I’m confident enough in my skills to have a life outside of a career so that my career won’t define my life, unless I happen to fall into a really fun career anyways.