Starting in the world of programming

I would think about the degree a little more and ask deeper questions, why programming? what is your goal with it? do you just want to learn it or is there a career you're looking at? then ask, why computer science? is that something that will get you to that career? is that the only major or are there other ones out there?

I say all that as someone who just did the cs grind and its not like school figures that out for you. It will teach you theory & yeah you'll do programming and what not. But @ the end of the day, you might realize, dang other majors would've worked too or could've even been a better fit for you, depending on your goals. You don't have to figure it all out now, just saying before you get on the path to dropping real $$ on a degree. Ask yourself these questions and get your feet wet with programming first if it comes to it. If you can't answer why programming? then you haven't written enough code.

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