I’m wanting to major in computer science technology at my community college and go on to get a bachelors later. I find computers and problem solving interesting, and there are many opportunities in the field. However I have been hearing that computer science is one of the majors with the laziest types of jobs and laziest people, and I am a very active person. Would I be miserable if I go for this this degree?
I am assuming you mean lazy in terms of movement:
In that case, there is a lot of sitting at a desk coding, but I that doesn’t mean the people aren’t necessarily active. In fact, many people in CS at my school are very active physically. I myself rock climb regularly.
Regardless, I don’t think how much you move at your job would make a big difference as an active person. You work, then you go be active and it’s activity, enjoyment, and stress relief all in one: no matter what you do at your job it doesn’t hold back your time to yourself.
If this isn’t the question, can you clarify it a bit?
@MandM093 Define “lazy” 
If you are talking about creativity, there are a lot of things you can do with a degree in CS: you can write code (software engineering & software development), you can work as a tester (QA), you can develop solutions (software engineering & software architecture). The level of creativity varies. Have you taken any CS classes yet? If not, take something intro, like Python or Java, and see if you like it.
A good friend of mine got his bachelor’s from Cal Poly in 2012 and after working for 3 years as a software developer in a highly corporate environment, decided it was not for him (lack of creativity & flexibility), so he quit and started his own consulting agency. Now he works as a consultant for some bigger companies in the area, and he is quite happy, since in most of his jobs he gets to design and build a solution from the bottom up.
It all depends on what you find “active”.
Yeah, I assumed lazy meant physical, but if you meant mentally lazy, it’s quite the opposite. CS jobs require lots of daily thought, critical problem solving and even provides good variety where it is very hard to get any feeling of monotony.
Yeah I meant physically. I have read of people working 12 hour days and the having work to do at home, I love problem solving I just do know if I could stay seated in front of a computer for 12 hours.
A 12 hour day CS job is incredibly rare from my experience and understanding. Most CS companies usually have really good hours and benefits actually.
That’s good to know! Sounds like an amazing plus to me. My community college has a couple different curriculums and il post the link if anyone would like to help me decide on the best one all the staff are on break so I can’t talk to anyone from the school.
http://www.bridgevalley.edu/computer-science-technology
http://www.bridgevalley.edu/computer-science-technology-software-developer
http://www.bridgevalley.edu/computer-management-information-systems
Some people may be physically lazy, but not because of their jobs.
To me the middle link is more interesting, and doesn’t waste time in Biology. If you take a natural science, I think it should be Physics.
There are many jobs in the tech and CS arena that have very nice and flexible hours. I am sure that some jobs are more monster hours sometimes or all the time, pick carefully and have a life! Being active is a personal commitment. My daughter is a software engineer and is in late 20s and is very active in biking on road and off, and does indoor stuff like German wheel, samba dancing and other stuff regularly even after moving to a big city.
Mis is usually a bit more general and business and management focused that technical. If you can hack the technical, do it.
The guy in the cubicle next to mine, a fifty something guy with a CS degree, did Paris Brest Paris in 2011 and 2015. That’s about 750 miles in 90 hours actual elapsed time, or a little over 200 miles per day for 3 1/2 days straight on a bicycle. Another software engineer in his 20’s ran marathons. So does another in his sixties. It can be done, but it isn’t easy.
The pressure to work long hours will be there; the trick is to be good enough and confident enough to keep good barriers between the two.
All the responses have made me feel very enthusiastic to start computer science now. Thank you for helping me make up my mind! >:D<