Quants of WSO what CS courses are used heavily in practice?

So, i'm on path towards getting my 2nd degree in CS, what courses are useful and worth paying attention to if you plan on working in the quant industry? any specific algorithms or data structures? any libraries, packages or even syntax to be familiar with in C++, Java, R or Python?

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