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by sireat 5838 days ago
In fact, Peteris from catonmat.net did just that, get a physics degree instead of CS.
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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.