<p>I speak English, French, and Arabic. I absolutely adore philosophy, but I can not distinguish infatuation from degree choice. My mother wants me to become a doctor–doctors are just glorified by drama shows, they are not jobs that I am interested in anyways. My father then asks me to go into computer, like himself, but I also agreed–Any man can learn computer language, such as out of country, and willful to earn less than I and take my job.</p>
<p>I’m interested in Philosophy, and that is my only interest as of now. I want to do something not entirely memorable, but practical, useful, and gratifying; Not just another doctor, chemical engineer, manager of cubicles, or a litigator.</p>
<p>Choosing what you want to be is horribly hard.
I was thinking of a job in the government, but won’t I only be employed in sections for the advancement of war technology? I’m interested in space, too. </p>
<p>I just can’t find a degree that will match Philosophy and still be practical in the US job market. I also understand my Fluency in Arabic will land me a government job relatively simple.</p>
<p>This isn’t true. Not all computer jobs are just about programming in a computer language. It can actually be a very intellectual field.</p>
<p>I’d also tone down the disdain for ‘the cubicle dwellers’. Judging from a couple of your posts on this message board, you don’t seem much of an intellectual heavyweight. Cubicle dwelling may be what you’ll end up having to do as well . . .</p>
<p>I should have been more specific. He meant I should go into computer programming like himself. I don’t know much about the other computer fields and their use.</p>
<p>If you study CS at a pretty good university, you’ll get a good mix of the practical and the abstract. I’d think about a degree in that. Philosophy is a cool major as well, but you’ll have to work harder to get jobs with the degree (if that is what you are looking for).</p>
<p>Just study whatever you want to study. There’s no point going into something you don’t like. If all else fails you always have your language skills to fall back on.</p>