Well I think undergrad just stamps a label in your forehead. What you do in your free time, most important, what job you get and who seriously you jump into it is what determines your value to society.
Carsten Dominik, another physicist, was the creator of org-mode. I don't think physicist have an advantage over CS graduates, in fact reading code written by physicists is like watching and horror movie. But everyone can contribute a tiny bit.
You are right, a lot of my friends, who studied physics, take the jobs CS undergrads don't want to do, and get really low salaries...
Carsten Dominik, another physicist, was the creator of org-mode. I don't think physicist have an advantage over CS graduates, in fact reading code written by physicists is like watching and horror movie. But everyone can contribute a tiny bit.
You are right, a lot of my friends, who studied physics, take the jobs CS undergrads don't want to do, and get really low salaries...