• LAVA Moderator: Shinji Ikari

What should I get a degree in?

Haha, though, what comedian was it who said "Money might not buy happiness, but it sure can buy a Waverunner. Try frowning while on a waverunner!"

lol... yeah that was Daniel Tosh I think.

That was probably the most constructive post so far! Plus it actually helped a little. =P


so now you want motivation, jeez... next you'll be asking us to do the essays for u!

honestly, i had that problem.. so do what i done if u dare.

fuck about for 5years travelling and going in and out of dead end jobs, have people treating you like shit while u do mundane work with no hope of raise or better position, move around and live in crappy flats all with their own set of unique problems that make your life a living hell..

by the end of it u will be so frustrated that you will be grateful to study in a clean, sterile, intelligent environment with the hope it could get you a job that can give u a better life where people might actually respect u and not just assume ur a braindead lowlife piece of shit.

hope that helps.

I actually think this would solve my problem! Maybe I can figure a way to make it work while I'm in college. =)



Electronic engineering, definitely!

Be very careful about math... I liked high school math - found it satisfying and straightforward - but degree level math was a different thing entirely. I'm from the UK, so it might no be the same.... but the last stuff I did in high school was basic calculus. The exams were pretty much "differentiate this", "integrate that". All very specific. Kids do math with numbers, then you do math with letters and symbols, then at uni it's just all words. Prove this, prove that, prove the other.
I wasn't so good at that, and really missed the applied stuff. Having proved the fundamental theorem of calculus more times and ways than I care to remember, I abandoned calculus as far as possible and took modules in stuff like abstract algebra (groups and rings). Very, very different from the math I'd done at school!

I don't regret it - I did a joint honours in computer science and math, and the math part gives me some credibility, even though I only really enjoyed the compsci part.

Don't do a degree in computer science or software engineering unless you're really, really sure. They vary too much - and while you may have picked an excellent course, employers have no way of being sure that you don't have a degree in Microsoft Excel.

Engineering!

That's exactly what I'm afraid of... and why I think I won't enjoy math as I do now. I'm hoping there are careers that I'd actually enjoy out there... EE or some type of engineering might be the answer, I dunno, though.


Thanks for the help so far, guys. :)
 
If you took serious AP level classes in highschool, you know about exactly how hard a college level class will be. They don't really get any more difficult, and many get A LOT easier.

However, it may be REALLY hard for you to make yourself care about a science/engineering degree. Or any other one for that matter, if you aren't already really, actually, interested. Not you Say you're interested, but you actually fu*k around with the stuff in your spare time.

It was for me, though I did graduate I can't say I enjoyed myself too much.
 
^ Yeah, I dunno... I don't exactly play with stuff. I always read about science news (the only news I really read)... I built my computer, but I only mess around with shit when I have some event planned (when I was in science club, for instance).

I lose patience pretty quick. Tough call. I know I need a career, but I really don't know what I enjoy doing! I guess I enjoy doing things that cost money (like boating, skiing, surfing, etc)... I should probably figure some stuff out, huh.
 
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