i am a senior in high school and i am having a lot of trouble picking a major for college. the problem being i have many different interests. my goals career wise could be very different, but i know i do not want a traditional 9-5 at all. i obviously want to love my job which i am scared will not happen if i choose the wrong major. i also want to be a major contributor. i am also considering mechanical engineering but a majority of them end up extremely specialized working beside a thousand other engineers. i want either a job where i could work my way up into management or where i can learn enough to attempt a startup. computer science is easily one of the most growing, innovative, and constantly transforming fields and i do have a general interest in it. although, i do not want to go to work and sit behind a desk and program. i have taken CS courses in high school and even taught myself a few languages and found it to be interesting and a fun challenge, but i cannot imagine doing it all day everyday unless its for a cause or company i love. so, i want to ask for general advice for me. what are possibilities with a computer science degree from a school near a big city (looking at NYU and stevens since i love nyc but also have other places in mind such as umd and rutgers)? is a CS degree good for innovation? i have found that certain majors such as physics and humanities teach a student to think which can be great to develop an entrepreneur. what are some of your specific jobs and what are the possibilities? physics and mechE were other options for me because they are broad enough to get into different fields if wanted. i find my best option to double major so i have a large variety of options when i graduate and also just so i learn a lot. i want to be an entrepreneur eventually so i love to learn as much as possible about things that interest me. are there any college major pairs that are worth the extra work? i am interested in stem fields, and specific majors i am considering are physics, mechE, CS, and maybe business for entrepreneurship as i said before but that can work as a minor or just learning on my own. is there any combination of these that is worth it as a double major? i understand the extreme amount of work and these majors are already tough on their own so i do not want to put in so much more work if it won’t help me in the end. if none of these are worth it, what are some double majors that work with physics, mechE, or CS? are any of you currently double majors and if so, how is the workload and job search?also to give some extra info on my interests, physics has always been my greatest interest and closest to my passion, but i feel i won’t enjoy PhD work and research for my career. besides physics, i have skills and general interest in many other stem fields such as math, cs, a few types of engineering, and physics. basically each of these majors have their pros and cons when i wish i had a clear choice like most of my friends do. i am just worried i will pick the wrong one and end up in a field without jobs i enjoy. ideally i would like to get 5 degrees to learn everything im interested in but thats just not possible. thanks in advance for any advice and comments.
This post is way too long. You need to read it over and edit it. People don’t want to read something like that!
That being said, https://www.stevens.edu/school-business/undergraduate-programs/business-technology
The Business and Technology major is distinct from the Computer Science major, BTW.