<p>Accounting vs Computer Science Major</p>
<p>Throughtout my schooling career, I know that I work better alone rather in teams because dealing with other students, co-workers or customers can act as a distraction.</p>
<p>I can accept a certain limit, such as going to short meetings once every other day, but that is it.</p>
<p>CS requires a lot of working in teams, especially if you’re a software engineer. You’ll be expected to coordinate with others all the time. I’m not a CS major yet but even as a high school student almost every programming project I’ve undertaken has been in a joint effort with others. And I’m always hearing from my dad (who is a developer) how when he used to work, he had to work on a certain module of development while other people had to work on others, and they’d coordinate who does what etc. </p>
<p>I think it’s a serious misconception that CS majors are all really introverted and work as isolated individuals. I don’t think that’s at all how it actually is.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for accounting though.</p>
<p>How many minutes or hours a day do you spend time with people compared to being in front of the computer?</p>
<p>There isn’t a very clean answer to this question. I work in IT and there are people who do probably 50 percent of their time in actual coding on the high side. Most of us are lucky if we get to just sit and code 30 percent of the time. Gathering requirements takes a great deal of time and testing with users is another huge chunk of time. Very few people get to just code.</p>
<p>By the same token, Accountants spend time number crunching, but they, too, have to spend a lot of time with people. Most any job that requires a degree is going to have some level of working with people.</p>
<p>So there is no job for people whom are socially awkward but good at mathematics and science; to find a career in which the job would allow lack of or poor communication to others? </p>
<p>Kinda sad if you think about it.</p>
<p>Not really. Interpersonal communication (language) has been absolutely vital to the evolution of our species. </p>
<p>Anything involving innovation will likely involve some sort of collaboration.</p>
<p>Being able to communicate with others is going to be important in any job you find. There will not be any job where you do not have to talk to other people ever. If nothing else, you have to interview for the job, and if you’re extremely difficult to talk to or you demonstrate extreme social awkwardness, you may not get the job at all, regardless of how much or how little communication would actually factor into your day-to-day activities. If you have particular limitations on how often you can talk to other people, then that might be a severe limitation on who will hire you.</p>
<p>So I recommend you take a different approach. Instead of trying so hard to find a career where you never have to talk to or work with other people, maybe you should try to get more practice with interpersonal communication. Even if you don’t like it or it doesn’t come naturally, it’s still an important thing to be able to do when you absolutely have to. So get practice with it. It’s a skill, just like everything else, and you’ll only get better at it if you specifically put yourself in situations where you have to deal with other people.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people who are introverted or shy or socially awkward, who still manage to navigate successful careers that involve working with other people. It’s a skill that you need to develop, not something you just avoid for your entire life.</p>
<p>I’m a very shy person myself so I can sympathize with you. However, you need to ignore your shyness, regardless of how terrifying it is. By “ignoring” it I mean you need to pursue internships and experiences regardless of the social interactions involved, and simply deal with it once you’re there. It sucks, I know, but eventually it gets better. It’s one thing to prefer working alone, but don’t base your entire career off of something you’re feeling now and which can change. Strive to overcome any social anxiety you may have.</p>