About majoring in computer science?

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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I’m going to be a senior in high school next year and I have to start planing to collage. I am lately became pretty interested in computer science and planing to major in it,due to my love for computer and technology, but I don’t know too much about it, so if you know a lot about the topic, a current student in this major or recent graduate please give me some information.

  • what kind of thing should I know before heading into this field -What should I look into -How can I prepare
  • I'm haven't start learning coding yet, (don't really have any knowledge beside average consumer skill) will I be ok? -What kind of skills are require
  • What kind of thing do you learn
  • What kind of job can you get (I was told by an adult that people in this field get lay off a lot, is that true)
  • How many branch are there (programmer, software engineer, data admin etc) and what do they do, or how are they different

Any tips, information will help thank you very much

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  1. You don't "have" to know anything about the major, but prior knowledge about computers, programming skills, etc. is usually very helpful.
  2. What you should look into: What kind of courses will you be taking? What's the programming language you will be studying in detail?
  3. How you can prepare: Watch or read something about computers. YouTube has very interesting videos on programming languages, algorithms and mathy problems.
  4. Yes, you will be ok without knowing a programming language.
  5. The basic skills? Besides being able to follow instructions.. I would say critical thinking.
  6. What you will learn: Too much to list here. This also depends on your curriculum.
  7. What kind of jobs you can get: Anything with "computer", "software", "database" or "web" in the job title, really.
  8. Too many branches to list here, but you can google too, right?!
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Also talk to your counselor.