<p>Ok, I am coming to the end of my freshman year in college and hated just about every bit of it. I major in computer science, I THINK I like computers but now im not completely sure. My computer class focuses on learning code by building computer games, which i do not find useful at all to be honest. I am starting to think that maybe I chose that major because of the great pay, which I wanted high pay to be able to start a business. but then again I am not completely sure. I also hate the fact that I have to build all this dept on myself to graduate college, kiss up to some boss, and continue to be broke for 10yrs until my loans are paid off. I've always had a knack for business, I took a business class last semester and loved every bit of it. We had a mock "shark tank" presentation at the end of the semester, I was the leader of the group and pretty much everything was my idea. But just getting a business degree is no longer how do I say this umm idk maybe I should say its equivalent to a general studies degree ( no offense to anyone) but I am very money hungry. Pls don't take that the wrong way I am no Gordon Getco, but I was raised by a single mother along with my sister, so you know the story, anywho I like history also but don't know what I could do with a Historian degree besides write a book, which i am not interested in. So what I am saying is i think entrepreneurship is best for me, but I kinda was forced to college by my mother, there was never a choice it was always YOU ARE GOING TO COLLEGE. I love the area I am in and I am taking summer coarses to stay here year round but I just hate school unless it is what I am interested in, mostly business. I began not liking school I say my junior year in high school, I just hate being around a bunch of immature people who rarely have the same interest as me, ( business) and just want to drink and be broke all the time because they spend all there money on going out to party and drink I just do not understand, should I stick it out for 4 yrs, do 2 yrs for an associates degree, or be a total disappointment to my mother because she did not finish college and drop out and pray I become a successful entrepreneur. </p>
<p>I am in the same boat haha. I declared my major in Engineering this year and am sticking with it but I am completely 100% interested in starting my own business one day. Owning a business in this day and age is very hard unless you have a solid skill. Just going into business and entrepreneurship isn’t really going to give you any hard skills and it would be hard trying to start a business without a HARD skill. If you don’t like computer science then switch immediately. Go undecided for a year and graduate a year late. At least you will know what you are doing is for sure.</p>
<p>The whole idea behind ‘I will go to college and pick a career that will get me a job’ idea is so damn stupid I mean have you ever worked a part time job? You are literally going to 4 years of school/hell to work for someone else’s company… At least pick something that you could eventually flex out and start your own thing. If you are not interested in your major than f it.</p>
<p>"The whole idea behind ‘I will go to college and pick a career that will get me a job’ idea is so damn stupid I mean have you ever worked a part time job? You are literally going to 4 years of school/hell to work for someone else’s company… At least pick something that you could eventually flex out and start your own thing. "</p>
<p>Thanks for replying! The whole idea was to get a hard skill in computer science and eventually branch out on my own. I think my CS professor just made me feel not interested in it by focusing on games. But I currently operate an e- commerce store, and work part time. I’ve had about 6 different jobs since I was legally able to work. </p>
<p>Haven’t you noticed that games are really big business? But likely the prof thinks it will be interesting to CS students. The point is to learn to build things and through that you learn principles and practices.</p>
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The first step to being successful to to take responsibility for your own behavior. No one “forced” you to attend college. I know that it can feel that way, especially at your age, but now is the time to learn that this is a falsehood. You chose to go to college because (I guess) you didn’t like the alternatives. Whatever choice you make next, I suggest making it because it will lead you to something you want, not simply away from something you don’t want.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that you have not had a great first year experience. It does happen to some students due to various issues which are not only academic related.
Since yours is focused on your academics, and you seem unsure of your like for Comp Science, it should not deter you form an excellent college experience.
You can elect for an interdisciplinary major, where you get to narrow your focus to a concentration around your interest. Since business, computers, finance speaks to you, you can check with your academic counselor to see how you can build a discipline with those combinations. This is usually more accessible at LAC’s than public state/flagships with inflexible curriculum. So if your school does not do that, you can major in Comp Science and minor in Business or V-V. or transfer to a LAC as a last resort if nothing else changes your perspective.
So, you should be able to make changes that work for you in college without having to dropout.
Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>If you think coding by making games is useless, wait until you get further into CS. Most of CS is theoretical math that doesn’t seem useful at first. In fact, in a proper CS program most of your classes won’t require using a computer at all. So you should really consider if you like CS because CS is not programming. That said everything you learn in CS will make you a better programmer and thinker.</p>
<p>The stuff you learn in CS is applicable to everything (like your e-commerce store), so it’s worth studying if you enjoy programming or want to make a computer-related business.</p>
<p>Talk to your advisor about what you do and don’t like about Computer Science and what you do and don’t like about Business. Some colleges have entrepreneurial labs that you can combine both.</p>