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<p>Hello all </p>

<pre><code>I am in a bind here and looking for some honest advice. About 4 years ago I graduated with a degree in Finance and ever since I have worked in Finance/Accounting and IT jobs (three in total). My current job is an accounting/IT job and it pays a decent amount and it has zero stress…But I have to admit I find the job quite boring and requires little intellectually, only requires a substantial effort to succeed. And I, finding the job unbearably boring at times find it hard to put in the effort. I can’t find anything that interests me, sure there is a lot for me that I can learn on the accounting side and I know accounting jobs require a great deal of intelligence (not at my current level tho) still I enjoy nothing about it. I dunno why I majored in Business as I never really enjoyed any of my classes I was just an immature kid that wanted to party back then. In the past year however I have had a growing interest in Engineering and Computer science. I have always enjoyed Math, Physics and problem solving. In HS I always got the highest grades in Math… And the little IT aspect of my current job has convinced me that I should persue a career in Computer Science. Now here are my questions:
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<li> I have started taking Math and CS classes at a local UNI, so far I have taken Calc I and II, Control Structures and Data Structures…do you think I can take a few more math and CS classes and be admitted to a graduate program?</li>
<li> am I stupid? Should I just keep going at my already started career and keep cashing the checks and forget about “enjoying” work? </li>
<li>I feel like I have the aptitude to be a good Technical guy...I enjoy math a lot and I am good at it (nothing exceptional here), I really really enjoy the problem solving aspects of programming, I have gotten nothing but total A's in my math and CS classes I have take so far (because of high motivation and not cause of exceptional inteligence). BUT I am not a computer geek, I do not know how to thinker with Computers...never spent much free time in front of computers etc.... Does this put me at a disadvantage?</li>
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<p>Sorry for the rant</p>

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<p>No need to apologize.
Just keep taking school on the side.
The thing you love the most is what you’ll be best at, so stick with your current job and take courses outside of work. If you get a Master’s in that time, you’ll benefit!</p>

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<p>Do you have to LOVE computers to be good at Computer Science? I don’t love computers any more than the average person</p>

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<p>You don’t have to LOVE computers but you do have to be fundamentally interested in solving problems, logic, programming and algorithms.</p>