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by jimmahoney 5162 days ago
The short answer is yes.

As several folks have pointed out, the real answer is that it depends more on you (what skills you've cultivated, what projects you've been involved in) than the degree itself. I have met a number of folks with physics degrees who are amazing at CS stuff.

I myself did a BS in math & physics, a PhD in physics, and during all that time did lots of various sorts of computational data and modeling work. I now teach college level computer science.