Just graduated with a math (BS) degree myself. My current only options are to fight for entry level programming jobs (which I have a temporary one) or to continue my education and get a degree that's actually useful. Problem is, while it sounds nice in theory as a compliment to computer science, by itself it does not give you the necessary basic skills to be even remotely competitive; you need experience from another source. Having a good grasp of logic does you no bloody good when nearly every employer wants a minimum of x years of experience in half a dozen different platforms/languages.

But, programming is the general area I would wish to get into, and it's something I'd recommend OP to look into to. But no matter what, you'll have to learn a lot more: be it in the workplace, on your own time, or in school. No getting around that. :p

Dunno how the education background figures into it. I guess it helps, you have to break down complex concepts so that students can learn it. In programming, you pretty much have to break down complex processes to simpler subroutines and instructions. Maybe it helps, but I don't know, education isn't my thing.

Desist from this foolishness this secant!

To be fair, hype overload is killing brain cells.

It's a form of confirmation bias. It's the sensationalist dolts that make it to the news, so that's why it seems we have to put up with such a high concentration of them. It's not just in psychology.

The WGA just does not want to be responsible for giving out false information. Can't blame them for that.

If skyrim is any indication, giants.

Grant money also goes to help paying salaries, student tuition, equipment, and additional workers. Don't forget about the money for the database, db administrators/developers, computers, and all the other technical work involved for four years. Also, the school also takes out a large chunk, ours tacks up to 50% extra on top of the subtotal.

You'd be surprised how expensive research can get. Not that I'm justifying that it should be that expensive, just saying there's a lot involved in the budget. Not everybody has access to cheap, available undergrads capable of doing the work. :p

Right, emacs. :p

The the number of Austrians living among Australians isn't that high though, so you can't really blame the latter . . .

Water from the air can still be contaminated with dihydrogen monoxide, a byproduct of combustion, which a lot of factories and power plants give off.