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Walldepartment · 01-11-2009, 12:06 AM

I have about seven months left on my CS degree. The bad thing is I hate Computer Science. I chose it because I went to college for a couple of years and couldn't decide what to do. All I knew is that I wanted to make decent money, so I just chose a major that I thought would make good money and went with it.

My dream is to adopt a healthy lifestyle and diet, learn Muay Thai (a martial art), and move to a big city and become a pick up artist. To do these things, I need money. I currently live in my parents' house with no job. Even though I don't like Computer Science, I am willing to get an IT job just so I can pursue my dreams. Later, maybe I could work on getting a career that I would enjoy. For now, I just want to get a job in a big city. I feel like I don't have the skills I need to become a programmer, and I don't have all that much time either. I just need the quickest way to make enough money to support myself and move to another state. What should I do?

sbdiane · 01-11-2009, 01:47 AM

You did not say why you do not like computer science, but often the conditions of the job are vastly different from the conditions in academia.

The things you say you want to do are things you would do in addition to a job, unless you plan to teach martial arts. Few are the people who make a living eating healthy food and picking up chicks. So what are you going to do for a living if not IT? What do you enjoy that is a marketable skill? Could your computer science knowledge/technical skills help you in some other way that you haven't thought of?

Walldepartment · 01-11-2009, 03:00 AM

I don't like Computer Science because it is boring and stressful, and I feel unmotivated to learn anything more than what is necessary to pass my classes. I haven't thought of anything else better to do for money. That's not really the issue here. What I'm concerned about is that it's going to be very hard to find a job, especially out of state. I live in Alabama, and I would love to move to somewhere like LA, NYC, or Chicago.

Walldepartment · 01-12-2009, 06:49 AM

bump

SimonaRich · 01-12-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Walldepartment

I have about seven months left on my CS degree. The bad thing is I hate Computer Science. I chose it because I went to college for a couple of years and couldn't decide what to do. All I knew is that I wanted to make decent money, so I just chose a major that I thought would make good money and went with it.

My dream is to adopt a healthy lifestyle and diet, learn Muay Thai (a martial art), and move to a big city and become a pick up artist. To do these things, I need money. I currently live in my parents' house with no job. Even though I don't like Computer Science, I am willing to get an IT job just so I can pursue my dreams. Later, maybe I could work on getting a career that I would enjoy. For now, I just want to get a job in a big city. I feel like I don't have the skills I need to become a programmer, and I don't have all that much time either. I just need the quickest way to make enough money to support myself and move to another state. What should I do?

Why most peole just think about getting jobs.. so depressing.. It is so much easier to start your own company. You don't need to convince someone that you will be good employee, nobody can fire you, you don't need to print those silly CV's... I really don't get it.

jtracy · 01-12-2009, 01:21 PM

The most important thing to know is that whatever you decide to do will have good aspects to it. There are no wrong decisions. It seems to have two fundamental choices. Either finish and get your degree, or drop out and do something else. If you decide to finish and get an IT job while pursuing your dreams, that would be good because it's always good to have the money to do what you want to do, and also your previous education won't have been wasted. On the other hand, if you drop out and do something else, you will end up doing a job you really enjoy which I think is very important. People will say that you wasted the time and money you spent on Computer Science. But you probably gained skills that you could use in your new career.
Susan Jeffers gives an example of a guy who was in a position similar to yours. He was studying law but realized that he didn't want to be a lawyer, so he decided to pursue another career. His parents refused to pay any more college expenses so he had to get a job to support his studies. He felt that his law studies were not a waste because he had figured out what he did not want to do, he had made several lasting freindships, and was able to use the info he learned about law in many situations after that. And by getting a job, he learned about another way of life, and also met his future wife. So everything worked out well and he had learned to take responsibility for his own life.

Only you know what is best for you. Listen to your intuition. Perhaps it is time to define what it is that you really want to do in terms of a career. Do you want to work for someone else or do you want to have your own business? What would you enjoy doing most? There are no wrong answers here. And my understanding is that when you find the right career for you, you will be able to do it wherever you are.

01-11-2009, 12:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Walldepartment Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5	What to do I have about seven months left on my CS degree. The bad thing is I hate Computer Science. I chose it because I went to college for a couple of years and couldn't decide what to do. All I knew is that I wanted to make decent money, so I just chose a major that I thought would make good money and went with it. My dream is to adopt a healthy lifestyle and diet, learn Muay Thai (a martial art), and move to a big city and become a pick up artist. To do these things, I need money. I currently live in my parents' house with no job. Even though I don't like Computer Science, I am willing to get an IT job just so I can pursue my dreams. Later, maybe I could work on getting a career that I would enjoy. For now, I just want to get a job in a big city. I feel like I don't have the skills I need to become a programmer, and I don't have all that much time either. I just need the quickest way to make enough money to support myself and move to another state. What should I do?

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01-11-2009, 01:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
sbdiane Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 300	You did not say why you do not like computer science, but often the conditions of the job are vastly different from the conditions in academia. The things you say you want to do are things you would do in addition to a job, unless you plan to teach martial arts. Few are the people who make a living eating healthy food and picking up chicks. So what are you going to do for a living if not IT? What do you enjoy that is a marketable skill? Could your computer science knowledge/technical skills help you in some other way that you haven't thought of?

01-11-2009, 03:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
Walldepartment Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5	I don't like Computer Science because it is boring and stressful, and I feel unmotivated to learn anything more than what is necessary to pass my classes. I haven't thought of anything else better to do for money. That's not really the issue here. What I'm concerned about is that it's going to be very hard to find a job, especially out of state. I live in Alabama, and I would love to move to somewhere like LA, NYC, or Chicago.

01-12-2009, 06:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
Walldepartment Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 5	bump

01-12-2009, 01:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
jtracy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 159	The most important thing to know is that whatever you decide to do will have good aspects to it. There are no wrong decisions. It seems to have two fundamental choices. Either finish and get your degree, or drop out and do something else. If you decide to finish and get an IT job while pursuing your dreams, that would be good because it's always good to have the money to do what you want to do, and also your previous education won't have been wasted. On the other hand, if you drop out and do something else, you will end up doing a job you really enjoy which I think is very important. People will say that you wasted the time and money you spent on Computer Science. But you probably gained skills that you could use in your new career. Susan Jeffers gives an example of a guy who was in a position similar to yours. He was studying law but realized that he didn't want to be a lawyer, so he decided to pursue another career. His parents refused to pay any more college expenses so he had to get a job to support his studies. He felt that his law studies were not a waste because he had figured out what he did not want to do, he had made several lasting freindships, and was able to use the info he learned about law in many situations after that. And by getting a job, he learned about another way of life, and also met his future wife. So everything worked out well and he had learned to take responsibility for his own life. Only you know what is best for you. Listen to your intuition. Perhaps it is time to define what it is that you really want to do in terms of a career. Do you want to work for someone else or do you want to have your own business? What would you enjoy doing most? There are no wrong answers here. And my understanding is that when you find the right career for you, you will be able to do it wherever you are.

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