I'm currently finishing my first year of college. I am pretty much done with the general education program and need to start enrolling in classes for a major. The only problem is that I don't have a major yet. I'm very confused as to what I want to do with the rest of my life and would like advice from some of you guys that have already been through this ordeal. 
I've been into "computer stuff" pretty much my entire life, and I was always under the impression that I would go into CS or some sort of computer engineering field (before I even knew what the majors entailed).
In high school, I discovered that I hated programming. I despised programming; it was boring and repetitive, and I sucked at it. I decided that CS was not the right thing for me. I started looking into networking/IT stuff and took a few Cisco sponsored classes at my HS that were aimed at CCNA certifications. When I started looking at college majors, I realized that IT was basically programming with a bit of networking thrown in. (This is what IT is like at my university at least. It requires only one less programming class than a CS major.)
I started reconsidering whether I wanted to persue anything in the CS division, as each major pretty much boiled down to programming and high level math (I also don't like math. I am not bad at the subject, I just don't enjoy it.)
I'm looking at MIS in the college of business right now. I know lots of the people on these boards regard MIS as a useless major for CS wannabe's, but whatever. The curriculum looks decent, but I am starting to think that maybe I would be better off with a straight business (like management or something) degree rather than a pseudo-IT, pseudo-Business degree. The other thing that interests me is Digital Media. Quite different from the other two choices; but I like photoshop, web design, CG, film editing, etc. although I am not particularly skilled at any of this (mostly because I just haven't persued it yet.)
So here are my choices as of now:
MIS:
- Not really sure what I would be doing for a career if I chose this (network admin? database? helpdesk *eek*?)
- All the recent talk of computer related jobs going overseas could be a problem.
Business:
- I have heard these degrees are a dime-a-dozen and are worthless when trying to find work (?)
- Very broad major, many possible career paths.
- I would like to have a job that relates to computers, as I am most comfortable working with them.
Digtal Media:
- Very interested in this, I could potentially love a job in this field.
- Not sure about job availability, would probably be harder finding work.
- I am not really very skilled at media-type stuff. (although I would love to learn)
I also was thinking about doing either MIS or Business and minoring in Digital Media, I'm just not sure what to do.
If you have read this far, many of you are probably thinking, "he should just do what he LIKES and not worry about jobs right now"...
I think it's very important for me to major in something that I will enjoy doing for many years, but I think it would be foolish to ignore the problem of actually finding a job when I graduate.
Anyone that has majored in Business (any track), MIS, or Digital Media: please post here, stating your major, your current job, and how you like it. Any help is greatly appreciated... thanks.
I've been into "computer stuff" pretty much my entire life, and I was always under the impression that I would go into CS or some sort of computer engineering field (before I even knew what the majors entailed).
In high school, I discovered that I hated programming. I despised programming; it was boring and repetitive, and I sucked at it. I decided that CS was not the right thing for me. I started looking into networking/IT stuff and took a few Cisco sponsored classes at my HS that were aimed at CCNA certifications. When I started looking at college majors, I realized that IT was basically programming with a bit of networking thrown in. (This is what IT is like at my university at least. It requires only one less programming class than a CS major.)
I started reconsidering whether I wanted to persue anything in the CS division, as each major pretty much boiled down to programming and high level math (I also don't like math. I am not bad at the subject, I just don't enjoy it.)
I'm looking at MIS in the college of business right now. I know lots of the people on these boards regard MIS as a useless major for CS wannabe's, but whatever. The curriculum looks decent, but I am starting to think that maybe I would be better off with a straight business (like management or something) degree rather than a pseudo-IT, pseudo-Business degree. The other thing that interests me is Digital Media. Quite different from the other two choices; but I like photoshop, web design, CG, film editing, etc. although I am not particularly skilled at any of this (mostly because I just haven't persued it yet.)
So here are my choices as of now:
MIS:
- Not really sure what I would be doing for a career if I chose this (network admin? database? helpdesk *eek*?)
- All the recent talk of computer related jobs going overseas could be a problem.
Business:
- I have heard these degrees are a dime-a-dozen and are worthless when trying to find work (?)
- Very broad major, many possible career paths.
- I would like to have a job that relates to computers, as I am most comfortable working with them.
Digtal Media:
- Very interested in this, I could potentially love a job in this field.
- Not sure about job availability, would probably be harder finding work.
- I am not really very skilled at media-type stuff. (although I would love to learn)
I also was thinking about doing either MIS or Business and minoring in Digital Media, I'm just not sure what to do.
If you have read this far, many of you are probably thinking, "he should just do what he LIKES and not worry about jobs right now"...
I think it's very important for me to major in something that I will enjoy doing for many years, but I think it would be foolish to ignore the problem of actually finding a job when I graduate.
Anyone that has majored in Business (any track), MIS, or Digital Media: please post here, stating your major, your current job, and how you like it. Any help is greatly appreciated... thanks.
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