Many interests....one Major?

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<p>So I'm approaching my senior year. I know that I don't need to decide on a major but I'm still curious about where I think I should set my sights. The things is, I have a lot of interests and I don't know how to narrow them down. </p>

<p>So a little about me: I like to read and write. I really love coming up with story ideas and it's something I really love to do. I've thought about going into the publishing industry until I realized I'd have to live in new york or California. Being a literary agent has also interested me. </p>

<p>I'm also kind of an artsy kid. I enjoyed taking art classes during highschool but drawing isn't something most people would find me doing on my own. I don't seem to really have a true passion for it where I would enjoy majoring and having a career from it.</p>

<p>Computer science interests me. I don't really have experience in it but I've thought about going into software design or web design. I thought that would be good because it allows me to be creative. Would you say computer science allows for a lot of creativity? Learning animation is something i'd also love to do.</p>

<p>I've actually also have thought about going into physical therapy. I love to run and it's my favorite thing to do. The idea of helping other people's bodies to be strong too appeals to me. But as you can tell, I've always seemed like the english/creative sort of person and I've never really saw my self as a sciency person. Mainly I just thought I'd like helping people and i'd be a good career to get into. I think studying neuroscience/biology might be interesting and then going on to a graduate program to get my doctor in physical therapy. I'm taking Ap Bio this year, should I just see if I like taking bio and then maybe move forward with this idea, or ditch it if I don't?</p>

<p>From what I've told you (sorry it was kind of long) what careers do you think would be good for me? What should I major in or should I just go undecided and take a bunch of classes that interest me and then find out which ones interest me the most and go from there? Can you think of any other careers that kind of blend the interests I have?</p>

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<p>I’m not majoring in computer science so I can’t tell you how much creativity “computer science” allows per se but I am a programmer. It definitely allows (and requires) creativity but not the same type of creativity required by say, writing a song. It’s one creative problem solving challenge after another; after a while your brain starts to work in an “order of operations” specific to the language you’re using though and it can become more like a trance than conscious creativity. You use your creativity to avoid laying down redundant code and having to do redo everything. Do you walk away from it feeling “wow, what a creative experience”? No, generally you walk away feeling the same way you do after taking a math test. That’s just me and the type of programming I do though.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that web design and web development are two different fields. A lot of people who want to do web development do a CS or CIS degree (not so much MIS).</p>

<p>For web design you would only be doing minimal coding (html, css type stuff) and instead be expected to master photoshop. It really has nothing to do with computer science and more to do with graphic design, graphic communications, etc.</p>

<p>They’re hiring up tons of physical therapists where I live with high starting wages. You just have to wonder what, if any, promotional opportunities there are in that field by the time you’re middle aged and want to move on to something bigger.</p>

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<p>Web design is definitely a creative field, because it relies heavily on graphic design. - designing and laying out user interfaces, creating buttons and backgrounds and shadows and gradients and soft shapes and different typefaces, etc. Web design is, for the most part, NOT computer science, and NOT very similar to programming. Animation is similar, though some specific subfields of animation do require heavy programming work.</p>