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I've got an associates and from a community college. Next step is transferring to a 4yr university. Pretty much locked down on University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Only problem is, I can't choose what to major in. I'll probably go for computer science, but I don't want to fall into a shitty networking/IT job. I could have just gotten a CCNA if I wanted that. I love taking math courses, so I thought about majoring in mathematics. It looks like there aren't any jobs for people majoring in applied or pure math. Even then, it would be a better option to major in CS for possible careers instead of math. I enjoy chemistry as well. There's something fun about working in a lab with chemicals that I can't describe. I just don't know what careers that would lead into, though, after school. Engineering sounds cool too, but it seems like its getting overpopulated now. Mechanical engineering, electrical engineering are the main options. I kind of looked at med school as well. The university is opening up a med school with an engineering focus soon. The idea of helping create prosthesis and augments is amazing.
My college GPA is high, and that's pretty much all they look at UIUC, so I could transfer into pretty much anything. I can have a strong work ethic and motivation if I know it's something worthwhile. I really want to be someone that helps advance America in some way. Life would be meaningless for me unless, I'm creating something and not just maintaining the world others have built. That's why I don't want something like IT. I know I could do something to help, but I don't have enough information. What can I/should I do? Helping create human augments would be a dream. So would helping with general AI, better robotics, or leaving an impact in any science. What would be the most feasible?
This is pathetic and re-reading it has made me sad.
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>>18616944
As long as you have a degree in STEM you pass the bar for computer jobs. Most programming positions will take physics, math, engineers, computer science degrees. If you have a math degree and know a language and algorithms compared to a physics degree and know the langue and algorithms, then who gives a fuck. And computational mathematics and such end up taking programming like matlab and Haskell, R, so there is a place for them in their own niche
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Biotech is hitting hard this year. In another life I would go for it. I know the work of some electrical engineering professors there, it is impressive, but I agree the area is overpopulated with electric cars and AI.
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>>18616944
you actually sound like you have you're shit together OP (way more then most of the peeps on this board).
Not a stem guy so can't give you specific advice, but I'd check out "what it's worth," put out by the center on education and the workforce by georgetown university.
It's a set of compiled statistics on projected growth, demographics, average salary, etc. in different fields. Could be useful and you might see a sub field you like that pays well you were not aware of.
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