> "I would never be able to do that, I need to do something more creative and social"
Why do you think this is short sighted? Genuine question.
I'm a about 2/3 of the way through my CS degree and I'm having second thoughts. I did lots of programming as a teenager, and I'm fairly confident in my software engineering ability and ability to learn.
The thing is... I don't find it creative. I don't get to socialise as much as I'd like, and fellow CS students are often pretty elitist and try to "one-up" people around them. I know this is a generalisation, but (anecdotally) I've experienced this much less in other fields.
I've really enjoyed pursuing entrepreneurship and hanging out with business, creative arts and philosophy students instead. I'm thinking that maybe I should've done a business degree and just developed my CS skills on the side.
I'm very much an extroverted "people person" and I feel that side of me is neglected in this field.
I've had an internship and although I definitely talked to my team, it's not the same.
Am I wrong? I've barely worked in industry. I'm a bit worried about my career path.
(Not saying that any of the above is bad, just maybe not suited to me)
Why do you think this is short sighted? Genuine question.
I'm a about 2/3 of the way through my CS degree and I'm having second thoughts. I did lots of programming as a teenager, and I'm fairly confident in my software engineering ability and ability to learn.
The thing is... I don't find it creative. I don't get to socialise as much as I'd like, and fellow CS students are often pretty elitist and try to "one-up" people around them. I know this is a generalisation, but (anecdotally) I've experienced this much less in other fields.
I've really enjoyed pursuing entrepreneurship and hanging out with business, creative arts and philosophy students instead. I'm thinking that maybe I should've done a business degree and just developed my CS skills on the side.
I'm very much an extroverted "people person" and I feel that side of me is neglected in this field. I've had an internship and although I definitely talked to my team, it's not the same.
Am I wrong? I've barely worked in industry. I'm a bit worried about my career path.
(Not saying that any of the above is bad, just maybe not suited to me)