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I know computer science is a really impressive gcse but I don't know if I'm passionate about it. Is it fulfilling to you guys? I'm worried if I pick it I might get bored of it. Do you guys like it

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That is like asking someone if they like chocolate ice cream. Its different for everyone.

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yes its boring unless you are motivated by money. frankly you got to find a reason to stay driven no matter what you do. Everything gets boring eventually. 

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I'm taking it right now, and most of it is boring. The fun parts are making games however you want to and thats about it. Other than that its just like math with more memorization.

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I would say no. But it depends on the person. I recently job shadowed a guy that does AI programming. You can tell he loves it, when he explained it to me he got really excited and started talking a bit faster.

 

It 100% depends on the person.

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Most of my experience with CS is love/hate. Students will both love and hate aspects of it because it covers a wide range of topics. If you aren't sure if CS is for you, what are your alternatives? You might be able to start as if you were doing a double major or major/minor in two areas that interest you. Then make a more informed decision after you've had some hands on experience.

 

Keep in mind that not everyone can make a career doing something they're passionate about. Nor is everyone's career fulfilling. Not everyone gets their dream job or even knows what that job could be when selecting a university program. Sometimes you just pick something you think you'll like or you think you can put up with.

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It's personal preference on what you like and dislike. 

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Well, UML is boring as ****. Also, COBOL, RPG and pretty much every IBM stone age technology that I learned at college was making me wondering if CS was worth it. But the money that you can make with those obsolete language is sweet.

 

Web development is much more engaging.

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Most of my experience with CS is love/hate. Students will both love and hate aspects of it because it covers a wide range of topics. If you aren't sure if CS is for you, what are your alternatives? You might be able to start as if you were doing a double major or major/minor in two areas that interest you. Then make a more informed decision after you've had some hands on experience.

 

Keep in mind that not everyone can make a career doing something they're passionate about. Nor is everyone's career fulfilling. Not everyone gets their dream job or even knows what that job could be when selecting a university program. Sometimes you just pick something you think you'll like or you think you can put up with.

 

Well said! I would add: Computer Science is pretty abstract and most people need a little time to get used to thinking that way. It helps to be a logical and analytic person by nature.

And since Computer Science is a extremely wide field, it most certainly will happen, that you'll find so aspects of it boring as hell - But on the flipside: You might find some things really cool and interesting.

 

I don't know you, but the fact, that you asked this question here, on a forum which is more focused on technology than on gaming or entertainment, is a good sign, that you might like CS.

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Jeez I don;t know what every ones talking about, I enjoy the hell out of my computer science classes. Screwing around in visual studio or making something in unity. Mabye writing a simple fileserver and client application. I eat it all up like candy.

 

To be honest don't go major in something you are not interested in just because of the money, you will hate it.

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Jeez I don;t know what every ones talking about, I enjoy the hell out of my computer science classes. Screwing around in visual studio or making something in unity. Mabye writing a simple fileserver and client application. I eat it all up like candy.

 

To be honest don't go major in something you are not interested in just because of the money, you will hate it.

I'm only in year 9 picking my options

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If you expect it to be, yes, it's boring. Can be fun if it is what you like. Don't think programming itself when talking about computer science.

It is a lot more then that, and that's one the cool parts ^_^

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I daresay there'll be some bits that are incredibly boring, like UML (for me anyway).

But a good lecturer and interesting assignments make a big difference.

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the question you need to ask yourself is do you do any programming right now, if the answer is no then I would have a long hard think about whether or not it's the course for you. I'm not trying to dissuade you in any way it's certainly not impossible to succeed without a working knowledge of coding but you're going to have to put a lot and I mean a lot of work in to the course. Most courses will say that it is not necessary to have any experience as they will teach you from the beginning and although this is true to some extent they really don't teach you enough and at a decent pace, basically they show you the basics and expect it to hit home instantly and if it doesn't it can become very hard to catch up. If you feel like you are a hard worker that tries to get things done before or during the alloted time period and not the I try and get everything done last minute kind of guy then absolutely go for it as computer science is the future meaning you'll never have trouble finding work but it takes hard work to know what you're doing, take it from me a university games design drop out it's tough not the kinda course you can just get drunk & high all the time and put the work in at the last minute. 

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It's all just shit.

 

Get a business degree.

 

Depends on your perspective on things, really.

 

 

Perfect 2 answers here. With a business degree, when you get bored/unmotivated working for someone, you have the option of working for yourself or starting a freelance business. (That's a whole other ballgame, but the point stands.)

 

I went into high school thinking computer were going to be my life. And they were, for a good 5 years and even to this day. What I've found is that unless you get really engrossed in whatever it is you do, eventually it becomes mundane. That's how life works. Happens if you eat too much of your favorite food, see too much of your best friends (unless you've found soul mates), or work too much on a hobby that turned into a job.

 

Now that it's been 5 years out of high school, I'm finding I like to get outside a whole lot more, and would rather be out taking photographs, or adventuring to new places, even if it's just a park or mountain not 20 minutes from my house. I'm only relating my answer to myself because it's a real possibility that you go through school, taking courses you love at the time, getting good grades and making connections, only to ask yourself why did I turn a hobby I love into my full time job?

 

Everyone's different though, and you may find you'll get the drive to carry through what you're doing now, and turn it into a full time career.

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Programming is awesome, but the lessons are usually pretty boring because we just spend the whole lesson going over like 1 thing so I just end up screwing around with the computers

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Programming is awesome, but the lessons are usually pretty boring because we just spend the whole lesson going over like 1 thing so I just end up screwing around with the computers

 

Indeed and from what I recall of my degree and certainly what I have heard as a consistent norm in years since; the content is usually taught with out of date languages (such as VB for instance), technologies (WinForms as another example) and paradigms sadly.

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Are you asking if the degree is boring or if working in the IT field with a degree is boring? Most of the answers here seem to be about the classes being boring but that's kind of irrelevant if your comment "but I don't know if I'm passionate about it" is about the field... 4 years of boredom is nothing compared to 40+ years of boredom if you don't feel passionate about computers.

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Are you asking if the degree is boring or if working in the IT field with a degree is boring? Most of the answers here seem to be about the classes being boring but that's kind of irrelevant if your comment "but I don't know if I'm passionate about it" is about the field... 4 years of boredom is nothing compared to 40+ years of boredom if you don't feel passionate about computers.

Thanks I like computers and I haven't done a computer science class yet but in ict we on python guided by a booklet and its all really really really basic stuff and its just not challenging it's really boring is computer science like that or is it  some what challenging

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I'm only in year 9 picking my options

I'm in 9th grade as well. Personally, I LOVE math. I REALLY enjoy problem solving and I enjoy programming, although I haven't done a ton of it. It really depends upon the person as to whether you will like or dislike programming. Try it out and see for yourself if you think you might have some interest.

 

It's a bit early for you (or I) to pick a specific major though...just get it down to a general field at this point. (Science, Engineering, etc.)

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Thanks I like computers and I haven't done a computer science class yet but in ict we on python guided by a booklet and its all really really really basic stuff and its just not challenging it's really boring is computer science like that or is it  some what challenging

 

Of course it isn't like that. The purpose of lessons is to get you to know the tools. Not finding excitement or joy in learning the most basic, barest use cases for a set of tools is perfectly normal.

 

Computer science is a diverse field. You could end up working in product development (games and other software), user experience (websites) or applying CS to solving problems in other fields, such as engineering, mathematics, biology and physics.

 

It comes down to what it is that you want to do with computer science. Personally, I wouldn't say that computer science is a good field to go into just because you like "computers". University won't teach you much when it comes to the hardware side of computers, so if that's what you're into you might want to look elsewhere.

 

Personally, I'm a math lover. I've always liked math and I ended up studying it in university. I didn't get too far before I ran into problems which would benefit or even require programming to be tackled.

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