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thescreensavers

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So, I like using my hands and building comps, and such fixing different items. Fixing computer issues and such.I like a good challenge to fix things..

I would like to get a degree to something that would interest me. I was thinking about Computer science degree or computer engineering. But I am not exactly sure what to study.

As I look into the future all I see is "Green" technology, Green this and that. So It got me thinking, should I pursue a career in the spectrum of "green" technology instead?


Good Idea or not?



Thanks,
thescreensavers
 
Ns1

Ns1

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The only "green" technology you'll be researching in college is marijuana
 
oiprocs

oiprocs

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Be smart about this; choose something you like and something that will get you a return. College is definitely a great time but it is also an investment, and if you keep that in mind then it will be easier to choose a field.

Also, don't study ALL the time. That's worse than hookers and blow.
 
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KillerCharlie

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Did you take all the advanced math and science classes in high school? If not I wouldn't bother with engineering.
 
MagnusTheBrewer

MagnusTheBrewer

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Here we go again. Please, please, please figure out if college is the best fit for you, right now, before you start going to college. You say you like to use your hands so, investigate local tech schools and community colleges. Don't waste your time, money (or, parent's money) and, effort trying to find a direction in college. College is expensive. College is NOT the "golden key" to success. You can go to college if it meets your needs after learning from experience or, the tech/community schools I mentioned.
 
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mundane

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I don't know which major best maps to your interest in PC repair - maybe IT? CS most certainly doesn't, and CE might get you into hardware design, but it's two orders of magnitude removed from fixing PCs.
 
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Farang

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I wouldn't sweat it too much, you're off to a good start by focusing on the math-oriented fields. Just take the classes that are prerequisites for everything--Calculus, physics, chemistry, etc.

As for MagnusTheBrewer, it really depends on how much college will cost you. For me it was free and definitely worth it, I got to travel the world and my degree will indirectly help me in the job I'll be doing next year as well as the career I'll pursue later. Some state schools are really cheap, so even if you're in debt $30k that can be worth the open doors college provides.
 
MoPHo

MoPHo

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I figured out what I was the worst in (communication) and majored in that. For my final semester, I debated a bill in front of 800 people on the floor of my State's Assembly. I loved computers and know how to assemble/repair/work with/etc, but if I majored in computers, it wouldn't have been a hobby anymore.

Majoring in Public Relations and now pursuing a career in the thing that made me the most scared in my life actually makes me feel more confident about myself than getting a degree in something I did well in everyday. So there is hope in following a degree that you didn't love before you began it.
 
alfa147x

alfa147x

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geologist

Im 18 and i am a senior in high school
Ill probably do either business management OR go to film school

really depends on who i listen to me or my parents....

Have fun btw!
 
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esun

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It's impossible to know exactly what will fit you best at this point. No college degree relates to fixing computers in the sense that you're talking about. Any type of engineering (or computer science) will deal heavily with problem solving, so you should be fine in that regard. "Green" technology can cross many fields, so I wouldn't necessarily pick based on that.
 
sdifox

sdifox

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Originally posted by: thescreensavers
So, I like using my hands and building comps, and such fixing different items. Fixing computer issues and such.I like a good challenge to fix things..

I would like to get a degree to something that would interest me. I was thinking about Computer science degree or computer engineering. But I am not exactly sure what to study.

As I look into the future all I see is "Green" technology, Green this and that. So It got me thinking, should I pursue a career in the spectrum of "green" technology instead?


Good Idea or not?



Thanks,
thescreensavers
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Mech eng or chem eng? Those would be the 2 main area for green tech

Maybe go into trades? If you like to work with your hands, tradesmen are retiring at an alarming rate, driving up rates.
 
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imported_Lothar

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Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Here we go again. Please, please, please figure out if college is the best fit for you, right now, before you start going to college. You say you like to use your hands so, investigate local tech schools and community colleges. Don't waste your time, money (or, parent's money) and, effort trying to find a direction in college. College is expensive. College is NOT the "golden key" to success. You can go to college if it meets your needs after learning from experience or, the tech/community schools I mentioned.
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This.
 
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sjwaste

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The people telling you not to go to college are flat out wrong. College is more than the classes you take, and the experience is what you make of it.

However, you do not need a major going in. Your first year will be mostly general education requirements, as will your second. You might get to start taking major core classes in your 4th semester, but most of that happens in your 3rd year and on. The first two years will give you a good idea of what's out there and what you might want to study. If you really still don't know what you want to do, major in business so that you're employable on the way out. You'll at least make enough with that degree to save up and pay for your own grad school if you want to switch fields.

I personally ended up with an economics degree, after going into college dead set on studying biology. My school had a gened path for science majors, which included some of the intro courses that double-counted for the major and gen ed, I took those, and realized it wasn't for me. Decided to take the CIS intro course, sort of liked it, but liked my general econ class better. Worked out well because I liked the math I was taking in the science program, but not really the bio part. I elected to keep taking the math courses for science majors (basically all pure math) while majoring in econ (mostly applied math), getting a BBA in Econ w/ a quantitative concentration. Once you're there, the choices are all for you to make.

You can take easy classes, hard classes, skip class, attend class, whatever, but the experience and education are all what you make of the time there. It's only a waste of money if you don't learn anything.
 
Kirby

Kirby

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If you're so good at fixing computers, go to the Computer Help forum and solve my problem. :p
 
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