Reasons to study Computer Science as your major or hobby.

kakradetome (65)in #computer-science • 9 years ago (edited)

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Computer Science is not only a high paying field. It is a field that rewards you also in so many ways. I am a proud Computer Science Major and never regret being involved with it. I always tell anyone i encounter to pick Computer Science as their major or hobby. When in doubt, just do Computer Science and it will reward you in ways you never imagined. Below are some of the reasons you should strongly consider picking Computer Science as your major or hobby.

It's the future

Look around you. What do you see? A phone, a television set, cars riding by, automatic doors... Tell me. What do you see? Almost everything is computerized today. Try taking a trip to the mall just 5 miles away from you without a vehicle for the rest of your entire life and let's see how it goes. Try storing your food items in that room in your house without a refrigerator and let's see how fresh and edible it stays. Your local Dunkin Donuts used to keep records of all transactions in a book, now there are high tech registers to handle them. Automation is all over the place and there are even fully automated restaurants that serve you without a human. Technology is growing really fast in every area of our lives and Computer Scientists are the ones behind it. Think of the benefits technology has created already and realize the need for Computer Scientists to keep up with that.

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It's in demand

There are currently more jobs available than the people to fill those positions. As of 2015 alone, there were more than 500,000 job openings in every industry, projected to grow two times the rate of all of all other jobs. You are always needed.

It's financially rewarding

There are a lot of high paying Computer Science jobs available. According payscale.com Computer Science Bachelor Degree holders in their early career days are paid around $69,100 a year with a mid career pay of $115,000 a year in 2016. Of-course money is not everything but to paid handsomely like that is always a nice reward for your hard work and will certainly help you.

It teaches you how to become a problem solver.

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Almost every facet of Computer Science challenges you to solve problems. It teaches you in a way you can apply to your surrounding and personal life and try to tackle them strategically. This will help you greatly in the challenges you face in life and make you a stronger person as a result.

It's empowering

With the tools and skills you learn to solve problems, you accomplish things that make you feel like a superhero. The experience of problem solving processes and the hard work you put in to finally solve a problem, empowers you as an individual to make you realize that, yes you can. To be able to accomplish a goal, motivates you in your own personal life to strive on and achieve even greater results.

There are and always will be a million and infinity reasons to pursue Computer Science as your major or a field to learn. It's our new economy and everything is computerized nowadays. Things will continue to be computerized and will never stop in my opinion and it's essential for everyone to learn Computer Science. It may seem intimidating at first, but that's because of the perception about it and also because you've never done it. Once you dive into it and i encourage you to start today, whether it's learning your first programming language online or pursuing Computer Science as your major, you'll realize it's not as hard as you were thinking. Sometimes it's all in our head. Start small and work your way up and soon enough you'll realize how much of a super hero you are.

All the best to us all, Happy "Computer Sciencing" and Happy Steeming!

I'll leave you with this great message from President Obama.