Comment by user_7832
2 years ago
It really depends on what you're looking at. Disclaimer, I'm a mechanical engineer and not a CS guy. A lot of the stuff if you're doing say quantum computing is understandably math heavy. But if you're say designing a flying kite-like generator, it's more "engineering math", if you know what I mean? (Which is what I'm comfortable with)
Any serious place will only be looking for folks that are bonafide math geniuses in addition to their actual specialty.
In the case of mechanical engineers, maybe 1 in 50 bonafide geniuses in mechanical engineering are also simultaneously math geniuses. Just my personal hunch.
There's really not that many positions, so it's unrealistic to expect recruiting standards to be much lower.