Title: I&#x27;m applying for internships for summer 2019, and as the title suggests, am unsure of whether to apply for swe or data science positions. My background and skill set are mostly in statistics and machine learning, so I&#x27;m inclined to apply for data science, but many of the postings I&#x27;ve looked at list a PhD as a minimum requirement, and I am an undergrad. On the flip side, there are lots of swe postings looking for undergraduates, but they expect knowledge of data structures&#x2F;algorithms and programming languages that I don&#x27;t have (I&#x27;m not a CS major).<p>I think I&#x27;m a reasonably strong applicant, but am unsure how to navigate between the Scylla of having the wrong degree and Charybdis of having the wrong background. Any advice would be much appreciated!
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