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So soon i'll have to start choosing a career path that i probably wont have the chance to change later on. I have narrowed it down to two, programmer shit, or actuarial work. My grades in all the statistics classes are my highest, and I have multiple friends who are A) already in the field for at least 5 years B) or already in college studying mathematics. If it wasn't for the whole computer science thing, i would be set. But I always have a nag in the back of my head saying that I love to program, and maybe i should choose computer science. I've also got plenty of resources there, i live in the same city as the main microsoft campus, both my brother and dad have gone into computer science. idk, i've got some time until this becomes a series issue, i just got to make a decision mentally.
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Personally, I would pursue the statistics career path and continue to do programming as a serious hobby. If you do love it and continue to hone your skill at it, I'm sure you can get a job in computer science but do stats for assurance.
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Lots of friends in actuary work = contacts that can actually get you a job in that field which is huge. Additionally, "an actuary who can also code really well" is a pretty good CV that will get you into a lot of things including many programming jobs, whereas "a guy who can code really well and has a piece of paper to prove it too" will not open the same amount of doors.
I think actuarial work will leave pretty much all your doors open, make your CV insane, and if you find you hate it it's extremely easy to go get some highly relevant 1-2 year programming course under your belt or even just move straight into programming off the back of your mathematical ability
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