[omitevski]

Skills that have been scarce and always will be are good math skills. Coupled with decent programming skills and you can do magic. There are many coders/engineers that lack a decent background in math, so they are severely limited to what they can do. Besides the technologically cheap ideas are quickly being scooped up. I am not saying that there will be less space for such ideas in the future, it's really hard to say that. But nevertheless having larger scope can give you a competitive advantage. The technologically intensive ideas right now and especially when you graduate in 5 years will be machine learning, AI, robotics, image processing, computer graphics computer vision and they all require decent math background and intuition. Besides having good training in applied math can help you on both fronts, the business as well the engineering part.

[brentiscooper]

I've never been too good at maths, but I'm not bad either. It sounds like heading in the CS direction, and trying exceptionally hard in maths will probably pay off the most in the end. Thanks!

[omitevski]

Absolutely! Many tend to give up on the math part too early, because they can't immediately see how it relates to real world applications. Sometimes you need to let your mind loose and dive deep into theory before starting to think of the applications. But in the end of the day you need to enjoy it for what it really is, not just because of the big pay off.

[brentiscooper]

Good point. I'm studying Software Development and Business Management in year 12 this year, so hopefully that will give me an insight to which one I enjoy doing more. But I think the programming route seems the most exciting!